US Official Asserts Trump's Agenda In Tariff-hit Southeast Asia

Source: International Business Times

Sean O'Neill is representing Washington at the 37th ASEAN-US Dialogue, being held in Siem Reap AFP The first US official to visit Southeast Asia since Washington announced punitive tariffs on the region's countries on Tuesday issued a robust defense of President Donald Trump's foreign policy approach. Sean O'Neill, the United States' senior bureau official for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, is in Cambodia this week, co-chairing the 37th ASEAN-US Dialogue. The two-day meeting between Washington and the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations bloc is being held in the city of Siem Reap.