China is Southeast Asia's 'collaborator,' says Arroyo

Patrick Quintos and Michelle Ong, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1447029" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - China has risen to become a &quot;collaborator&quot; in Southeast Asia, rather than a threat, helping spur the region&#x27;s economies, former president Gloria Arroyo said Tuesday.</p><p>Arroyo, who was president for nearly a decade until June 2010, said the ASEAN or Association of Southeast Asian Nations initially saw China as a rival in the 1980s.</p><p>&quot;Everybody thought China would become a competitor. We did not predict that China was going to be class all its own,&quot; Arroyo told the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit.</p><p>&quot;Today, we see China is not a business competitor. It&#x27;s a collaborator, a donor and a market,&quot; said Arroyo, who represents her home province of Pampanga in the House of Representatives.</p><p>China is among ASEAN&#x27;s dialogue partners and is participating in this year&#x27;s summit that is hosted by the Philippines.</p><p>Arroyo said ASEAN should work to achieve full integration by 2025 to become globally competitive.</p><p>&quot;We need to have broken down non-tariff barriers to the free flow of goods and labor,&quot; she said.</p>

<p>China has risen to become a "collaborator" in Southeast Asia, rather than a threat, helping spur the region's economies, former president Gloria Arroyo said Tuesday.</p>

China has risen to become a "collaborator" in Southeast Asia, rather than a threat, helping spur the region's economies, former president Gloria Arroyo said Tuesday.

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China is Southeast Asia's 'collaborator,' says Arroyo

China is Southeast Asia's 'collaborator,' says Arroyo

Patrick Quintos and Michelle Ong,

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Published Nov 14, 2017 12:00 PM PHT

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