Richard Heydarian is a senior lecturer at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines and author of "The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China and the New Struggle for Global Mastery."
"On matters of the economy, there are many things over which we have no control. But over those where we do have control, we are doing everything we can," said Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in his second State of the Nation address on Monday.
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