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  1. Philippines–United States relations

    • Philippines–United States relations (Filipino: Ugnayang Pilipinas at Estados Unidos) are the bilateral and diplomatic relations of the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America. The relationship has been historically strong, described by some as a "special relationship" as a consequence of the Philippines' American coloni… See more

    History

    The Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America have a long and storied history with each other. Firstly, … See more

    Military agreements

    A 1947 Military Bases Agreement gave the United States a 99-year lease on a number of Philippine military and naval bases in which U.S. authorities had virtual territorial rights. In August 1951, a mutual defense treaty (MDT) … See more

    Trade and investment

    The 1946 Bell Trade Act and its replacement, the 1955 Laurel–Langley Agreement (which expired in 1974), linked the two countries closely together economically in the first decades of independe… See more

    Diplomatic missions

    The U.S. maintains an embassy in Manila and a consulate in Cebu. The American Business Center, which houses the Foreign Commercial Service and the Foreign Agricultural Service, is located in Makati. The Philipp… See more

    Security

    U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt M. Campbell had said in January 2011 that the United States will help boost the capacity of the Philippines to patrol their own waters, including the … See more

    Further reading

    • Brands, H.W. Bound to Empire: The United States and the Philippines (Oxford UP, 1992), a major scholarly survey
    • Brody, David. Visualizing American empire: Orientalism and imperialism in the Philippines… See more

     
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