Economics
Rising South China Sea Tensions Cast Shadow Over Asean Summit
- Hopes meeting may ease rising Japan-South Korea trade fallout
- Pompeo to address summit on Indo-Pacific, South China Sea
Chinese military drills in the South China Sea.
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Rising tensions in the South China Sea and the fallout from U.S.-China trade war are set to dominate talks this week as top diplomats converge in Bangkok for a key Southeast Asia summit.
U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will be joined at the Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting by his Chinese counterpart, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on the heels of trade negotiations between the two countries in Shanghai on Tuesday.