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US-ASEAN summit could become diplomatic debacle

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: US/ASEAN
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: United States ASEAN AP Cambodia China Indonesia Iran Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Thailand Vietnam US/ASEAN

Topical: economy international relations politics foreign investment foreign trade government investment summit talks human rights oil party
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2020), "US-ASEAN summit could become diplomatic debacle", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB250319

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

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US-ASEAN relations.

Significance

A US-ASEAN summit, proposed late last year by US President Donald Trump, is tentatively scheduled to be held in March in Las Vegas. After an ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Vietnam earlier this month, the South-east Asian regional bloc issued a statement welcoming the summit. However, only a few member states have formally signalled their intention to participate.

Impacts

For ASEAN leaders that attend, the summit may compensate for Trump’s likely absence from the 2020 East Asia Summit in Vietnam.
The United States is unlikely to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Any violence in South-east Asia sponsored by Iran or its proxies will strengthen US cooperation with the region on counterterrorism.

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