Rubio expected to discuss Trump-Xi summit in Asia meetings
Rubio will also press regional security concerns and trade disruptions as the Trump administration weighs a second summit with Xi Jinping.
- State Marco Rubio travels to Manila on Sunday for ASEAN-led meetings, including the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers, and the ASEAN Regional Forum Foreign Ministers, with the trip lasting until next Thursday.
- Tensions in the West Philippine Sea remain central as Manila and Beijing clash over the 2016 arbitral ruling that invalidated China's sweeping territorial claims, a decision Beijing rejects.
- Rubio is expected to seek a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang, with maritime expert Harrison Pretat from Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies suggesting a "calibrated approach" to South China Sea issues.
- Beyond regional security, the agenda includes addressing Southeast Asian scam centers costing Americans billions and monitoring global energy security through the Strait of Hormuz, where about 80% of hydrocarbons serve Asian markets.
- The Manila meetings prepare for a potential September summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump, building on the temporary trade truce the two leaders reached in October.
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Rubio expected to discuss Trump-Xi summit in Asia meetings
Analysts say a Rubio meeting with Wang Yi is likely to focus on preparations for a second summit this year between Trump and Xi following their last meeting in May.
The previous meeting between the leaders of the United States and China took place in May, and Trump announced that C would visit the United States at the end of September.
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