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PRESIDENT BIDEN: This afternoon, we’ll discuss a few key areas where our nations are deepening ties. First, technology and clean energy. We’re securing our semiconductor supply chain — from securing our semiconductor supply chain, to expanding trusted telecommunications in the Philippines, to building a clean energy workforce, to expanding our cooperation across the entire board.
Second, we are deepening our maritime and security ties. This is something I know you’ve discussed with Vice President Harris during her travel to the Indo-Pacific. And I want to be clear: The United States — The United States’ defense commitments to Japan and to the Philippines are ironclad. They’re ironclad.
As I’ve said before, any attack on Philippine aircraft, vessels, or armed forces in the South China Sea would invoke our Mutual Defense Treaty.
Finally, I’m proud to announce we’re launching an economic corridor in the Philippines as part of the G7’s Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment. This is the first corridor in the Indo-Pacific. It means more jobs for people across the entire region. It means more investment in sectors critical to our future: clean energy, ports, railroads, agriculture, and much more.
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Source: The White House
Speaker: Joe Biden, President of the United States
Format: Public Remarks
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