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The US and China are nearing a preliminary trade agreement, with both sides reaching initial consensus and planning to finalize during a high-stakes meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping, amidst ongoing tensions over technology exports and tariffs, while Trump also engaged in regional diplomacy at the ASEAN summit.
East Timor has been officially admitted to ASEAN, marking the group's first expansion since the 1990s, which offers the country economic opportunities and regional integration, despite some challenges in capacity and development.
US President Donald Trump arrived in Malaysia to oversee the signing of a peace deal between Thailand and Cambodia aimed at normalizing relations after their border clashes earlier in the year, amidst heightened security and regional efforts for stability at the ASEAN summit.
US President Donald Trump is on a week-long diplomatic tour of Asia focusing on trade negotiations, especially with China, aiming to ease tensions, secure trade deals, and influence regional relations, while also engaging with ASEAN countries and Japan.
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to oversee a peace deal between Cambodia and Thailand at the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, aiming to formalize a ceasefire and improve regional stability, amidst his broader efforts to claim credit for ending conflicts in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
Chinese and Philippine coast guard vessels collided in the disputed South China Sea, resulting in four Filipino crew members being injured. The confrontations occurred as Southeast Asian leaders gathered for an Asian summit where concerns over Beijing’s aggression at sea were expected to be raised. The incident highlights the ongoing territorial disputes in the region, with the Philippines and Vietnam planning to raise their alarm over China’s increasingly aggressive actions during the upcoming ASEAN summit. The U.S. has warned it is obligated to defend the Philippines, its oldest treaty ally in Asia, if Filipino forces come under armed attack, while China has warned the U.S. to stop meddling in what it calls a purely Asian dispute.
In an effort to combat dangerous levels of air pollution in Jakarta, some civil servants have begun working from home, with plans to gradually increase the number of remote workers. The city's air quality has deteriorated to hazardous levels, prompting President Joko Widodo to call for urgent government intervention. The policy will apply to government offices, but not to essential services such as hospitals and public transport. Indonesian officials are under pressure ahead of the ASEAN Summit, which will be held in Jakarta, and have acknowledged that the president's persistent cough may be related to the worsening air pollution.