China, South Korea grapple with Trump trip effect

Among those at the private session was Jose E.B. Antonio, a developer who is Trump’s partner on a $150 million, 57-story luxury tower in Manila’s financial district and also serves as Duterte’s trade envoy to the United States.

“I don’t blame China, I blame the incompetence of past admins for allowing China to take advantage of the USA on trade leading up to a point where the U.S.is losing $100’s of billions”. He has accused Washington of treating the Philippines like a dog and said he would not visit the United States, because it was “lousy”.

Asian allies, meanwhile, were looking for signs that the “America First” president had not abandoned the region after pulling out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement earlier this year.

Mr. Trump said the pomp and pageantry of his Chinese welcome was a proper tribute for him and for the U.S.

President Donald Trump skipped the last few engagements of his Asia trip and left Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to sit in a meeting in his stead.

But he did not stay for the official start of the summit on Tuesday afternoon, also missing the preceding group photo with his fellow leaders.

Questions about whether Trump believes the assessment about Russian election-meddling have trailed him since January, when he said for the first time, shortly before taking office, that he accepted that Russia was behind the election-year hacking of Democrats that roiled the White House race. This year, the Philippines military relied on US technical support in its biggest-ever urban battle, ending a five-month occupation of a southern city by rebels loyal to IS.

The US is closely monitoring the spread of extremism in the Southeast Asia and the growing threat from terrorist groups, including those affiliated with ISIS, he said.

“No one had high hopes that President Trump would raise human rights issues during his Philippines visit.”, Sifton told Observer. Duterte railed against Obama’s criticism of the drug war, calling him a “son of a whore” and telling him to “go to hell”. There was no mention of extralegal killings.

“The apparent willingness of Philippine police to deliberately target children for execution marks an appalling new level of depravity in this so-called drug war”, Phelim Kine, deputy Asia director for HRW said at the time.

One of the leaders on his flank: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has overseen a bloody drug war that has featured extrajudicial killings.

Joined by Filipino pop star Pilita Corrales, Duterte sang the love song “Ikaw”, Reuters reported. The human-rights system is in a troubled state when not only is the United States failing to lead: “other democracies are failing to step up in the absence of US leadership”.

In China, Trump was similarly effusive, touting his “incredibly warm” feelings toward Xi and the “great chemistry” between the two men.

Trump says Modi has “become a friend of ours” and praising the Indian leader during their one-on-one meeting.

“I think one of the things we really accomplished big is relationship, and also letting people know that from now on, things are going to be reciprocal”, he said.

While toasting Trump at a state dinner, Abe said, “When you play golf with someone not just once, but for two times, the person must be your favorite guy”.

The Indian Prime Minister arrived in the Philippines capital on Sunday for a three-day visit.

President Donald Trump is wrapping up his extensive trip to Asia with an worldwide summit and one-on-one meetings with global partners, including his Philippine host who is overseeing a bloody drug war.

Trump instead appeared in a range of events on the sidelines of summits involving leaders from 19 nations in which he and Duterte clearly enjoyed each others’ company.

Mr. Duterte’s actions have alarmed human rights advocates, who say as many as 9,000 people have been killed in the crackdown on drug trafficking.