Trump’s unilateralism in Asia makes ‘world minus one’ clear

31/10/2025
Trump’s unilateralism in Asia makes ‘world minus one’ clear

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Episode Synopsis

Despite the superficial conviviality of Donald Trump’s whistle-stop tour through Asia this week, we watched first-hand the dysfunctional reality of the US’ disengagement from the world of multilateralism.
Trump delivered a speech at the US-Asean Summit in Malaysia, but skipped the main Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders’ meeting in South Korea. Overall, he was more interested in cutting bilateral deals on the sidelines of the summits.
In Malaysia, he finalised unilateral tariff...

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