Five Takeaways From the US, Japan and South Korea Summit
- North Korea and China loomed large over Camp David meeting
- Three leaders looked for political wins to help them at home
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US President Joe Biden was dealt a stronger hand in Asia when Yoon Suk Yeol became South Korea’s president a year ago, backing hawkish security policies that brought Seoul closer to Tokyo while looking to diminish bickering between the neighbors.
Biden capitalized on those changes at a landmark summit with Yoon and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday at the Camp David presidential retreat. The initial pay out included practical steps to counter threats by North Korea, measures to de-risk global supply chains from exposure to China and moves to bind the trilateral relationship so tightly that it would be hard to unravel.