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Trump Kicks Off Asia Tour with ASEAN Summit Ahead of Xi Meeting
- On Friday, US President Donald Trump departed for Asia to press trade talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, aiming to meet him in South Korea on the trip's last day.
- Tariff pressure has built after China imposed rare-earth curbs, leading Trump to threaten 100% tariffs starting November 1 and seek $900 billion tied to easing tariff rates from 25% to 15%.
- He arrives in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday for the ASEAN summit and will oversee a Thailand-Cambodia peace signing and meet Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian Prime Minister, before visiting Japan.
- Global markets will watch whether the talks achieve a de-escalation and halt the months-long trade war, while regional leaders press for tariff relief and deals with the US.
- The White House says no Trump-Kim meeting is scheduled, and any encounter would depend on Pyongyang easing nuclear demands, with Kim Jong Un seeking recognition as a nuclear power.
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East Timor formally admitted to ASEAN in the group’s first expansion since the 1990s
East Timor's prime minister pledged Sunday that his country would be a productive member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as it was formally admitted to the bloc in its first expansion since the 1990s.After the flag of East Timor, also known as Timor Leste, was added to the other 10 on the stage at a formal ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao told the other leaders that “today, history is made.”“For the people of …
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