Manila, April 10 -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) does not see the Philippines on the "losing end" amid the United States' reciprocal tariff policy, paused for 90 days by the Trump administration following global backlash.

"Hindi naman natin nakikitang problema ang US per se. Kasi kung titingnan, nasa favored tayo, hindi sa losing end ng reciprocal tariff or iyong pag-pause (We do not see the US as a problem per se. Because if we look at it, we are on favored end and not on the losing end of the reciprocal tariff and the decision to pause it)," DA spokesperson Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said in an interview Thursday.

Trump last week announced a policy to slap a 17-percent reciprocal tariff on Philippine goods but abruptly pa...