04 March 2017

News Story: US trust rating dips as those China, Russia rise

By Janvic Mateo

MANILA, Philippines - The continuing tirades by President Duterte against the US appears to have had an impact on the overall public trust obtained by the superpower and long-time Philippine ally, a survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.

Conducted from Dec. 3 to 6 and published in BusinessWorld yesterday, the survey also shows China and Russia, which Duterte have cozied up to since assuming office, enjoying significant increases in trust ratings.

While the US continues to enjoy a “very good” rating among Filipinos, SWS noted that its overall net trust rating dropped seven points from +66 (76 percent much trust, 11 percent little trust) in September to +59 (70 percent much trust, 11 percent little trust) in December.

This is the lowest it got since the “good” +35 (52 percent much trust, 17 little trust) it obtained in March 2010.

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