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Benise Balaoing

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17763919641422026041703040_572b85d12e756e7fb23374971829a93226f4c06cfcb45f63b01b7f32daf27bef.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>The Manila Port Area and the Manila skyline as seen from Baseco in Tondo, Manila on Nobember 11, 2025. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</div>MANILA -- The Philippines and the United States are planning to build a 4,000-acre economic security zone in Luzon.In a statement, the US State Department said the industrial hub would produce items important to US supply chains.&quot;The Philippines holds significant reserves of nickel, copper, chromite, and cobalt—minerals increasingly vital to global supply chains,&quot; the State Department noted.The agency said this would give the US access to the Philippine workforce and its strategic position at the crossroads of Indo-Pacific trade.The economic security zone will be located in the Luzon Economic Corridor. In January, most of the Philippines&#x27; exports went to the United States--about <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2026/2/27/trade-deficit-narrows-by-17-8-percent-in-january-1627" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">$1.16 billion</a> in goods went to the US during the period.The US was also the Philippines fifth biggest source of imports during the period.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2026/4/16/marcos-signs-measure-easing-foreign-investment-restrictions-1623" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marcos signs amended Foreign Investment Negative List, easing foreign investment restrictions</a></div>

The Philippines and the United States are planning to build a 4,000-acre economic security zone in Luzon.

The Philippines and the United States are planning to build a 4,000-acre economic security zone in Luzon.

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Philippines, US to build 'economic security zone' in Luzon

Benise Balaoing,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 17, 2026 10:13 AM PHT

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Updated April 17, 2026 12:28 PM PHT

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