Trump’s Asia Summit Snub Fuels Doubts About US Commitment

Bloomberg

03 September 2018

President Donald Trump will skip two major summits in Asia in November, a move that could stoke concerns in the region about the U.S.’s reliability as a counterweight to China. Collin Koh Swee Lean, a research fellow at the RSIS in Singapore, said recent efforts by American officials in the region should help offset Trump’s absence. Among them: Secretary of State Michael Pompeo announced $300 million in regional security funding at an Asean meeting earlier this month, and the U.S. military is currently among nine nations participating annual Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training exercises in Singapore.

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