In his remarks during his meeting with the US-Association of Southeast Asian Nations Business Council in Malacañang, Marcos called for the enhanced Philippine and US economic engagement to boost two-way trade and investment, especially in critical sectors such as infrastructure, agriculture, and clean energy, including nuclear energy.'All efforts to increase the number of power sources lean towards clean energy.
'And so, the rule we [applied] for ourself is first of all is that we must be able to provide sufficient power for the development of our industry, sufficient power so that we can expand the economy, and it must be accompanied by a continuing effort to move our power sources from the traditional fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy,' he added.