UPDATE 2-Philippines' Teodoro says China could exploit cuts in US-South Korean exercises

* Washington gives Manila definite assurances on Mutual Defense Treaty commitments, Teodoro says * Submarine acquisition programme remains under review and still a way off, Teodoro says * Teodoro

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