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US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One to depart for Vietnam from Beijing Airport in Beijing, China, November 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

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Trump on an uphill mission to Asean

by Richard Javad Heydarian November 11, 2017February 18, 2020

The modern metropolis of Da Nang, Vietnam's third largest city, is playing host to the APEC leaders summit. The city was damaged by a typhoon Nov. 4, but repairs were made in time for this week's summit, the second time Vietnam has hosted the event.

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Challenges aplenty for APEC host Vietnam

by Xuan Loc Doan November 10, 2017November 10, 2017

A Vietnamese passenger rides an old train reserved for traders and their goods between Hanoi and Along. Photo: AFP

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Vietnam: a coalmine canary caught in the Xi-Trump game

by William Pesek November 9, 2017February 18, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. first lady Melania visit the Forbidden City with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, November 8, 2017. Photo: Reuters

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Bombastic Trump blunders into the Middle Kingdom

by Jon Connars November 9, 2017November 9, 2017

Vietnam is seeking preferential US treatment under the Donald Trump administration to sustain a warming trend in relations consolidated under the previous Barack Obama government. Photo: Getty Images

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US-Vietnam still in a tentative embrace

by David Hutt November 8, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump attends a state dinner hosted by South Korea's President Moon Jae-in in his honor at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, on November 7, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst

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Will Trump take a stand on Southeast Asia?

by David Hutt November 8, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump's compromise with China is under threat.Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Trump trip is an opportunity to ease US-China trade irritants

by Yongfu Huang November 8, 2017

President Trump at Kasumigaseki Country Club after a round of golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst

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Beijing may be calm before the Trump trade storm

by William Pesek November 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Donald Trump plays a stroke at his Trump International Golf Links course in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Photo: AFP / Andy Buchanan

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Abe to reach for J-pop and golf to avoid Trump trade deal

by William Pesek November 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Pre-millennial declension: the year is 1999 and US President Bill Clinton (lower left) carries the conversation as Austrian Chancellor Viktor Klima (upper left),
World Bank President James Wolfensohn (centre), Black Sea Economic Cooperaton Sec. General Vassil Ivanov Baytchev (right), and British Prime Minister Tony Blair (far right) listen, at an event in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Photo: AFP / Paul J. Richards

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Risks of a new economic non-order as nations turn inward

by Mohamed A. El-Erian September 24, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump welcomes Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to the White House on September 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters Jonathan Ernst

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Najib-Trump meet puts pragmatism before controversy

by Nile Bowie September 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee

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Global ramifications of Trump’s protectionist agenda

by Junaid Ashraf September 11, 2017

Malaysia's then Prime Minister Najib Razak speaks during the launching of the Malaysia world's Digital-Free Trade Zone in Kuala Lumpur on March 22, 2017. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

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Najib-Trump meeting under the spotlight

by Nile Bowie September 9, 2017February 18, 2020

People move past a clothing boutique selling locally made products in downtown Hanoi on October 29, 2014. A EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement promises to boost Vietnamese exports and growth. AFP / Hoang Dinh Nam

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With TPP’s demise, Vietnam looks to Europe for free trade

by David Hutt July 23, 2017February 18, 2020

President Trump speaks in the Oval Office in February.
Photo: AFP/Nicholas Kamm

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Trump puts pragmatism before ideology in Southeast Asia

by David Hutt July 20, 2017February 18, 2020

A policeman blocks photographers from taking pictures during an anti-China protest in front of the Opera House in Hanoi in a file photo. Photo: Reuters/Nguyen Lan Thang

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No halt to abuses in Vietnam

by Helen Clark July 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, at the International Convention Center at Yanqi Lake in Beijing November 11, 2014. Photo: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Beijing is Brunei’s new best friend

by David Hutt June 11, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump (R) welcomes Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the White House in Washington, U.S. May 31, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

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Trump-Phuc rekindle US-Vietnam warming trend

by David Hutt June 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Vietnam's Vietjet is flying high after a successful public offering in February. Photo: Wikipedia Commons

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Vietnam’s post-TPP flight fluster

by Gary Kleiman May 31, 2017

Ministerial Representatives from 12 countries pose for a photo after signing the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement in Auckland on February 4, 2016. The US has since withdrawn from the deal. Photo: AFP, Michael Bradley

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Japan holds out hope for US to join TPP

by Asia Unhedged May 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Vietnamese protesters demonstrate against Taiwanese conglomerate Formosa during a rally in downtown Hanoi on May 1, 2016 against a toxic spill that caused massive fish deaths along the country's central coast. Photo: AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam

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Formosa factory restart favors foreign over local interests

by David Hutt April 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Vietnam is seeking preferential US treatment under the Donald Trump administration to sustain a warming trend in relations consolidated under the previous Barack Obama government. Photo: Getty Images

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Vietnam seeks preferential Trump treatment

by David Hutt April 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Investors look at an electronic board showing stock information on the first trading day after the New Year holiday at a brokerage house in Shanghai, China, January 3, 2017. Reuters/Aly Song

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Asian shares’ jilted January jolt

by Gary Kleiman February 9, 2017February 9, 2017

Does Donald Trump walking away from TPP hand trade clout in Asia to China? Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

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Is Trump’s America against the world?

by Xuan Loc Doan February 6, 2017February 6, 2017

US Defense Secretary James Mattis and Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (not seen) walk past the honor guards at the Ministry of Defence in Tokyo, Japan on February 4, 2017. Photo: AFP/David Mareuil/ Anadolu Agency

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Mattis calms certain nerves, while others are worried

by Richard Javad Heydarian February 6, 2017February 18, 2020

He snuck up on you... Donald Trump hugs a U.S. flag as he takes the stage for a campaign town hall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire. Photo: Reuters/Brian Snyder

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America’s withdrawal, China’s gain

by Jon Connars February 4, 2017

Does Donald Trump walking away from TPP hand trade clout in Asia to China? Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

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The Pivot to Asia in the era of Donald Trump

by Nicos Panayiotides February 4, 2017February 3, 2017

Onlookers watch from a harbour wall as the largest container ship in world, CSCL Globe, docks during its maiden voyage, at the port of Felixstowe in southeast England, January 7, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Toby Melville

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China will not immediately profit from TPP’s collapse

by Alberto Sperindio February 3, 2017February 2, 2017

Does Donald Trump walking away from TPP hand trade clout in Asia to China? Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

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Trump shares Obama’s myopia in doing business with China

by Anthony Rowley February 1, 2017February 18, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline at the White House in Washington January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

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The TPP’s demise helps China trump Taiwan

by Emanuele Scimia January 28, 2017January 27, 2017