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Duterte blames tariffs imposed by Trump for inflation in PHL

(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Sept. 7, blamed the high inflation rate on the tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on select products. In a speech before the Filipino community, Duterte clarified, however, that he was “not apologizing.” He said the government was “trying to control it.” Also on Friday, the Department of Finance released a list of measures it said would be implemented to arrest inflation, which the Philippine Statistics Authority pegged at […]