BILATERAL RELATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES WITH US, CHINA & JAPAN
Up until today, countries such as Japan, China and US have great impacts in our country’s history. US had a big influence in our country such as the kind of educational system, English language, kind of living, technologies, and even ideologies. This explains why up until now the Philippines and the US continues to have a sound bilateral relation. Our bilateral relations have been strengthen through the course of time due to wars fought together side by side, the big number of Filipino community in the US, likewise with the 9/11 tragedy which is one of the reasons why the VFA is enacted. Both the Philippines and USA made a commitment to fight global terrorism. Although our rights are stepped on we still abide by the VFA due to the fact that our country depends on the US heavily.
China on the other hand is the longest trading partner of the Philippines 10 centuries before Christ. There is no shadow of a doubt that up until now we have good ties with China. China is the largest growing economy in the world and is THE economic power. The entry of China in WTO arena is very much an advantage to our country in terms of tourism and trade where in we will be able to promote, develop and enhance trade and partnerships with China.
Conversely tracing our Philippine History under the Japanese rule, our countries had one of the worst relationships due to the hardships our ancestors experienced during their tight military rule. Its no surprise that up until now the Japanese are taking advantage of us because one of the clauses in the agreement stipulates that there will be a duty-free exchange of goods and exports from the Philippines into Japan likewise employment of a big number of Filipinos in Japan in exchange of a parcel of land in the Philippines that will become Japan’s waste disposal facility. This clause was the subject of heated protests and arguments since Filipinos objected to the Philippines being the ‘outhouse’ of Japan.
Nevertheless regardless of what we have gained and lost in our relationships with the three countries, they have helped severely in the unification of the ASEAN community, which our country is one of the founding members. This serves as a venue for further cooperation with one another in terms of the socially, economically and security.
Aside from these three countries, the Philippines is also closely working with Asian countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia to end terrorism in the region. Likewise our country seeks to develop a stronger relation with Organizations of Islamic Community, which can which can assist us in resolving the dispute in Mindanao.
After all that’s been said and done the bottom line is that no country can survive on its own without the help of other countries. I believe that each agreement and negotiation made with other countries regardless if it was negative or positive, can help a country learn from its mistakes and grow. It is really important for countries to cooperate with one another in order to collectively achieve success.
Up until today, countries such as Japan, China and US have great impacts in our country’s history. US had a big influence in our country such as the kind of educational system, English language, kind of living, technologies, and even ideologies. This explains why up until now the Philippines and the US continues to have a sound bilateral relation. Our bilateral relations have been strengthen through the course of time due to wars fought together side by side, the big number of Filipino community in the US, likewise with the 9/11 tragedy which is one of the reasons why the VFA is enacted. Both the Philippines and USA made a commitment to fight global terrorism. Although our rights are stepped on we still abide by the VFA due to the fact that our country depends on the US heavily.
China on the other hand is the longest trading partner of the Philippines 10 centuries before Christ. There is no shadow of a doubt that up until now we have good ties with China. China is the largest growing economy in the world and is THE economic power. The entry of China in WTO arena is very much an advantage to our country in terms of tourism and trade where in we will be able to promote, develop and enhance trade and partnerships with China.
Conversely tracing our Philippine History under the Japanese rule, our countries had one of the worst relationships due to the hardships our ancestors experienced during their tight military rule. Its no surprise that up until now the Japanese are taking advantage of us because one of the clauses in the agreement stipulates that there will be a duty-free exchange of goods and exports from the Philippines into Japan likewise employment of a big number of Filipinos in Japan in exchange of a parcel of land in the Philippines that will become Japan’s waste disposal facility. This clause was the subject of heated protests and arguments since Filipinos objected to the Philippines being the ‘outhouse’ of Japan.
Nevertheless regardless of what we have gained and lost in our relationships with the three countries, they have helped severely in the unification of the ASEAN community, which our country is one of the founding members. This serves as a venue for further cooperation with one another in terms of the socially, economically and security.
Aside from these three countries, the Philippines is also closely working with Asian countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia to end terrorism in the region. Likewise our country seeks to develop a stronger relation with Organizations of Islamic Community, which can which can assist us in resolving the dispute in Mindanao.
After all that’s been said and done the bottom line is that no country can survive on its own without the help of other countries. I believe that each agreement and negotiation made with other countries regardless if it was negative or positive, can help a country learn from its mistakes and grow. It is really important for countries to cooperate with one another in order to collectively achieve success.
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