"US President Donald Trump late Friday departed for a three-country tour to Asia with investment deals and peace efforts on the agenda, even as the US government shutdown continues with no deal in sight. Trump's five-day trip to the region will include stops in Malaysia for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, Japan and then South Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit."
"In South Korea, Trump is set to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, marking the very first time the leaders meet in person during Trump's second-term. "The high-level question on this trip is really, who does the United States stand with, and what does it stand for," said Mira Rapp-Hooper, a former official in the Biden administration. But while the US president jets off to Asia, many federal workers missed their first full paycheck of the government shutdown."
"Trump is expected to arrive in Malaysia on Sunday morning for the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur. On his first day, he is scheduled for a bilateral meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Awar Ibrahim. Following that, he could oversee the signing of a peace treaty between Thailand and Cambodia, neighbors who were involved in brief skirmishes in May."
President Donald Trump departed for a five-day, three-country tour of Asia focused on investment deals, tariff negotiations, and peace efforts while a US government shutdown left many federal workers unpaid. The itinerary includes the ASEAN summit in Malaysia with a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Awar Ibrahim and a possible Thailand-Cambodia peace treaty signing. The trip continues to Japan and South Korea for APEC, where discussions aim to secure roughly $900 billion in investments for US factories in return for lower trade tariffs. A meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping is scheduled in South Korea.
Read at www.dw.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]