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Trump vows to tackle N Korea on Asia trip | |
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US President Donald Trump will travel to five Asian countries in November to participate in regional summits, the White House has announced. | US President Donald Trump will travel to five Asian countries in November to participate in regional summits, the White House has announced. |
He will visit Japan, China, South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines and the US state of Hawaii for an 11-day trip. | He will visit Japan, China, South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines and the US state of Hawaii for an 11-day trip. |
"The president's engagements will strengthen the international resolve to confront the North Korean threat", the White House statement said. | "The president's engagements will strengthen the international resolve to confront the North Korean threat", the White House statement said. |
North Korea and the US have engaged in heated rhetoric in recent months. | North Korea and the US have engaged in heated rhetoric in recent months. |
So what will the key issues be for the US president on his first official trip to Asia? | |
North Korea | |
The economically-isolated Asian country conducted its sixth nuclear explosive test earlier this month despite international condemnation, and has promised to conduct another test in the Pacific Ocean. | |
At a speech to the United Nations, Mr Trump threatened to annihilate North Korea, saying the country's leader, Kim Jong-un," is on a suicide mission". | |
In exchange, Mr Kim in a rare statement, vowed to "tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire". | In exchange, Mr Kim in a rare statement, vowed to "tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire". |
Mr Trump will seek to rally the country's neighbours - including China - to continue an economic sanctions campaign against North Korea. | |
Trade relations | |
Several countries, especially Japan, were upset when Mr Trump withdrew the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact - a deal which had been more than five years in the making and affected 40% of the global economy. | |
The 11 remaining countries, including Japan and Vietnam, will continue the pact and have left the door open for the US to rejoin at any time, however a US trade representative has vowed that Mr Trump will not change his decision. | |
"Bilateral negotiations are better for the United States than multilateral negotiations," said trade representative Robert Lighthizer. | |
South China Sea | |
Territorial disputes have pitted several smaller nations against much-larger China, which views the sea as part of its sphere of influence. | |
Japanese and Filipino sailors have often clashed at sea with Chinese military vessels, and nations have been so far unable to establish a clear border. | |
After a US Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship in the South China Sea in August - resulting in 10 dead US sailors - a state-run newspaper in Beijing said the "US Navy has behaved arrogantly in the Asia-Pacific region". | |
Meeting Duterte | |
Mr Duterte's human rights record has been criticised, as his country wages war against drug dealers and users. | |
As a result, it had been rumoured in Washington that Mr Trump may skip the ASEAN summit happening in Manila. | |
But now the White House schedule confirms that he will attend. | |
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