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John R. Carter
John R. Carter
John is the Economics Editor based in Hong Kong. Prior to joining South China Morning Post, he worked for financial wire service Market News International for 34 years in North America, Europe and Asia, most recently as Asia Managing Editor.

The Philippine government is poised to award a contract to rebuild the city of Marawi to a Chinese state-owned firm but has emphasised there is no risk of falling prey to a ‘debt trap’.

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Philippine inflation rose for a ninth straight month in September, to a near-10-year high, creating a potential stumbling block for the president as voters look to May’s midterm elections.

A potential meeting of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and China’s vice-premier, Liu He, will not happen, since Liu will skip the international financial gatherings and a G20 finance ministers and central bank governors’ conference.

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