Trump Offers to Broker Peace in South China Sea as Trip Wraps Up
- President tells Vietnamese counterpart he’s a ‘good mediator’
- Duterte says ‘nobody can afford to go to war’ in Manila speech
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U.S. President Donald Trump offered to help resolve territorial disputes in the South China Sea as he entered the final leg of his 11-day swing through Asia.
Trump is scheduled to meet Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday as he attends two days of meetings on regional security affairs hosted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations before heading home. A key discussion point will be how to lower tensions in the South China Sea, a major global shipping lane that contains oil and gas reserves.