Premise: The Bell Trade Act of 1946 , also known as the Philippine Trade Act , was an act passed by the United States Congress specifying policy governing trade between the Philippines and the United States following independence of the Philippines from the United States . Philippines . In 1543 , Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain .
Hypothesis: The Philippines were named by the United States..
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