Economic Privileges as Hostage: How it could Push Countries Toward China

[Hydrogen]

All right, so the Philippines will be stripped of its Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) tariff privileges by the European Union (EU). The reason is that the EU finds the human rights situation in the country disturbing and so to make sure the country will do something about it they need to impose a harsh economic penalty.

The EU is facing a budget shortfall following the exodus of the UK under #brexit. Tax hikes often naturally follow.

The philippines (and other nations, I would guess) were selected to fill the gap. It could be related to the philippines opposing china's expansion in the south china sea as some have said.

After former philippine President Ferdinand Marcos passed away in 1989. The billions of dollars his administration stole were never found. IMO the funds were likely stashed in an offshore tax haven. To a certain degree this reality could reflect why Duterte and many other world leaders implement certain policy decisions which are unpopular, unsupported and not understood by the majority of people.

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All right, so the Philippines will be stripped of its Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) tariff privileges by the European Union (EU). The reason is that the EU finds the human rights situation in the country disturbing and so to make sure the country will do something about it they need to impose a harsh economic penalty.

The EU is facing a budget shortfall following the exodus of the UK under #brexit. Tax hikes often naturally follow.

The philippines (and other nations, I would guess) were selected to fill the gap. It could be related to the philippines opposing china's expansion in the south china sea as some have said.

After former philippine President Ferdinand Marcos passed away in 1989. The billions of dollars his administration stole were never found. IMO the funds were likely stashed in an offshore tax haven. To a certain degree this reality could reflect why Duterte and many other world leaders implement certain policy decisions which are unpopular, unsupported and not understood by the majority of people.

Philippines is not opposing Chinas expansion, Duterte even wants to be part of the one belt road which is why Chinese government is providing assistance. and there is no filling the gap here. rappler news is not true. this is all propaganda of the liberals who can;t stand duterte being the winner in politics.  

here is  maria ressa's bullshit tweet about it. https://twitter.com/mariaressa/status/1307277038361784321

she lost a made up case as neuman said. made up?  she can't even provide details of her tax and the publication her rappler news as being the evidence of her libel is not made up.

[Lorence.xD]

this is a fake news actually. Its not EU that sanctions this, they can't do this. its just the faction of EU, some douchebag who just suggested to EU to sanction Philippines to its tariff and Filipinos also listen when in fact the law can't allow this. rappler and all the media in the Philippines are all owned by the bastards yellow who thinks they are the ones telling the truth. THIS IS FAKE NEWS.

EU would never do that in times of Crisis. don't listen to this bullshit.

Read this: https://globalnation.inquirer.net/191001/eu-parliament-threatens-to-revoke-ph-trade-perks

You are clearly a sycophant and credulous citizen of the Philippines. You tolerate the killings just because they are suspects, what are you, a vigilante? And that isn't a fake news you goof. To anyone who reads my post, do not believe this sycophant I quoted above because there are news articles stating that tariffs are being imposed by EU to the Philippines. He is a fanatic dog of the government called DDS. And most of them especially the uneducated one labels the critics of the administration the campaign color of the opposition (Dilawan/Yellow).

Regarding the tariff, it will hurt the exporters and imposing the tariffs to levy the president to answer for his crimes is a pretty shitty move for EU, I hope that the impose of tariffs do not go further as Philippine economy is still in shambles due to Billion Peso Corruption of PhilHealth and continuous lockdown that impairs workforce.

If you try to search for Philippines issues in Google, you can witness the greatest circus in your life. I am backing this claim because I am a citizen too.

[Hydrogen]

Philippines is not opposing Chinas expansion

If china's short term goal was to take over and conquer hong kong.

Would it make sense to oppose china's expansion in the south china sea. Knowing their next target for takeover would likely be the philippines years later.

China is currently building 3 or 4 additional aircraft carriers. Presumably their long term goals involve an expansion into the pacific.

[Kemarit]

Philippines is not opposing Chinas expansion

If china's short term goal was to take over and conquer hong kong.

Would it make sense to oppose china's expansion in the south china sea. Knowing their next target for takeover would likely be the philippines years later.

China is currently building 3 or 4 additional aircraft carriers. Presumably their long term goals involve an expansion into the pacific.

Duterte's address speech to the United Nations General Assembly, he stressed that Philippines right on the disputed island against China.

“The award is now part of international law, beyond compromise and beyond the reach of passing governments to dilute, diminish, or abandon,” Duterte said.

“We firmly reject attempts to undermine it.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/23/duterte-invokes-the-hague-ruling-against-china-in-un-address

As I have mentioned in my previous posts, the relationship is volatile and I don't think that Duterte is pro-China. And as a good leader, he weight his options, but if push becomes shove, the President will exercise his right to protect the Philippines against China.

[bryant.coleman]

If china's short term goal was to take over and conquer hong kong.
Would it make sense to oppose china's expansion in the south china sea. Knowing their next target for takeover would likely be the philippines years later.
China is currently building 3 or 4 additional aircraft carriers. Presumably their long term goals involve an expansion into the pacific.

There is no doubt that China is still having an expansionist mindset. With a population of 1.4 billion, they can easily afford to sacrifice millions of soldiers, in case any of these territorial disputes transform in to full-fledged war. They already claim almost 90% of the South China Sea. And none of their neighbors in that region have the military capability to take them on.

As of now, among the neighbors of China, only Japan and Russia are capable of taking part in a military confrontation against China (May be India as well, to a limited extent). None of the other countries can even last a few weeks against the Chinese military.

[Darker45]

All right, so the Philippines will be stripped of its Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) tariff privileges by the European Union (EU). The reason is that the EU finds the human rights situation in the country disturbing and so to make sure the country will do something about it they need to impose a harsh economic penalty.

The EU is facing a budget shortfall following the exodus of the UK under #brexit. Tax hikes often naturally follow.

The philippines (and other nations, I would guess) were selected to fill the gap. It could be related to the philippines opposing china's expansion in the south china sea as some have said.

The former could actually be a factor in the EU decision but probably not the latter. Is EU that weak that they could be dictated by China in their decision making?

After former philippine President Ferdinand Marcos passed away in 1989. The billions of dollars his administration stole were never found. IMO the funds were likely stashed in an offshore tax haven. To a certain degree this reality could reflect why Duterte and many other world leaders implement certain policy decisions which are unpopular, unsupported and not understood by the majority of people.

I would like to believe, and I guess, that most of it were found, even those offshore accounts. Unfortunately, only a tiny portion of those were successfully sequestered in favor of the government. The justice system in the country didn't improve much even after the unscrupulous dictator was overthrown in what was considered a generally peaceful revolution. Most of the cases against the dictator, his family and cronies, were dismissed.