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Exporters say foreign buyers are raising concerns about corruption
Business World Philippines
|September 16, 2025
FOREIGN BUYERS of Philippine products are beginning to raise concerns about corruption in Philippine government projects, the Foreign Buyers Association of the Philippines (FOBAP) said.
"Everybody is now seeing these headlines. It has reached our foreign buyers. And because they are dealing with us, they are very worried about these kinds of things," according to FOBAP President Robert M. Young, speaking to BusinessWorld via phone on Monday.
"We are in a situation right now where there are two setbacks happening at the same time — the Trump tariffs and the political noise," he added.
This story is from the September 16, 2025 edition of Business World Philippines.
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