{"id":110585,"date":"2017-08-08T20:54:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T00:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=110585"},"modified":"2025-01-18T21:32:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T02:32:23","slug":"cayetano-says-china-japan-fueling-economic-growth-in-asean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/08\/cayetano-says-china-japan-fueling-economic-growth-in-asean\/","title":{"rendered":"Cayetano says China, Japan fueling economic growth in ASEAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_110586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110586\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110586\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3045.jpg\" alt=\"Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano (PNA photo)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3045.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3045-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">MANILA, August 8 &#8212; The Philippines said that China and Japan have become economic drivers in the region, particularly with China&#8217;s growth in the last two decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">\u201cSo it\u2019s very hard to describe the role of one country in one region but definitely in terms of economics for example China has shown economic strength in what, the last 20 years, in the last two decades,\u201d said Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano\u00a0in a press briefing at the Conrad Hotel in Pasay City on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">He believes that China\u2019s economy has fueled growth in ASEAN, \u201cTourism from China, manufacturing, the infrastructure projects, so China has played a very positive role holistically in the region.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy provigil online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/provigil.html\">https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/provigil.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Aside from China, Cayetano noted that Japan will also be a driver of socio economic development in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">\u201cBut definitely China will be a driver for socio economic development in the region.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis soft tabs online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cialis-soft-tabs.html\">https:\/\/www.pearsonchiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cialis-soft-tabs.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> There are other partners who also are drivers of socio economic development, Japan is an example,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">On the other hand, the government official admitted that the dispute in the West Philippine Sea\/South China Sea has caused some instability causing &#8220;certain reactions and strains in some relationship.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Cayetano noted that ASEAN Ministers have realized that such argument should not affect the relationships among countries in the region. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">\u201cThe ASEAN Ministers took note of the positive development in this last year, in other words we have to separate our overall relationship with any country and a dispute with that country,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Cayetano\u00a0added that all the ASEAN countries are working together to arrive at a solution that would be beneficial to all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">\u201cIf you look at the South China Sea the dispute is not only between China and the Philippines, China and Vietnam, China and Malaysia, China and Brunei, we have overlapping claims but we did not allow this to disturb our good relationships with Brunei, Vietnam and Malaysia so that\u2019s the efforts that are underway now. 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