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Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez, the President’s cousin, is part of the Philippine delegation in Thailand for APEC.

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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr delivers a speech at the APEC CEO Summit in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday, November 17.

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The Office of the Press Secretary said that Thai conglomerate CP Group promised to “make additional investments in the Philippines in aquaculture, rice, and swine production.”

Marcos met with CP Group officials on Wednesday night, November 16, his first night in Thailand. 

At the CEO Summit “scene setting” panel, Marcos emphasized three points: food security, pandemic readiness, and the climate crisis. 

Marcos was one of three panelists to open the CEO Forum in Bangkok. He was joined by PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Chairman Robert Moritz and World Economic Forum chairman Klaus Schwab. 

The Philippine president connected the three points to the Filipino experience. Food security, he said, is the lens by which the average Filipino views global issues like climate change and war. APEC and its allies, he said, must prepare not just for COVID-19 and its variants but other possible emerging diseases, arguing that the world must not go through another global lockdown.

Finally, he said climate change was the “most pressing, existential challenge of our times.” The Philippines, said Marcos, was among the countries that stand to lose the most because of the climate crisis. 

WATCH: Marcos joins the first panel — the scene setting one — at the CEO summit. With him are WEF chair Klaus Schwab and PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Chair Robert Moritz. #APEC2022 | via @beacupin pic.twitter.com/y1WaT6zItJ

— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) November 17, 2022