Title:

 Palace: China trashing ‘substandard’ PH bananas won’t affect trade ties

Author:

Aries Joseph Hegina

Source:

Inquirer.Net

Date:

March 27, 2016

Description:

Malacañang on Sunday allayed fears that the destruction of 35 tons of “substandard” bananas from the Philippines by Chinese authorities last Saturday (March 26) will affect the trade relations between the two countries. In an interview which aired on state-run dzRB, Communications Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma Jr. quoted Trade Secretary Albert Cristobal who said that the quantity of the destroyed bananas is “too small” to affect the trade relations between the Philippines and China.