ASEAN and China announce new free trade agreement amid fresh wave of US tariffs
Efforts to diversity partnerships taking centre stage on the penultimate day of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Bloc leaders held sessions with nine dialogue partners, including the world's two major powers — the US and China. Both Washington and Beijing are jostling for more support in the region. China has announced a new free trade agreement with ASEAN that's ready to be signed later this year. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reaffirmed the US' commitment to the Asia Pacific. Leong Wai Kit reports from Kuala Lumpur and Jagruti Dave reports from Washington DC.
Efforts to diversity partnerships taking centre stage on the penultimate day of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Bloc leaders held sessions with nine dialogue partners, including the world's two major powers — the US and China. Both Washington and Beijing are jostling for more support in the region. China has announced a new free trade agreement with ASEAN that's ready to be signed later this year. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reaffirmed the US' commitment to the Asia Pacific. Leong Wai Kit reports from Kuala Lumpur and Jagruti Dave reports from Washington DC.
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