Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha (inset right) on his way to Washington DC on Wednesday where he will attend a two days US ASEAN summit which will see the leaders of eight of the countries in the 10 nation bloc interact with US President Biden (centre) in his first face to face engagement with them since taking office 17 months ago.

 

by James Morris and Son Nguyen

 

US ASEAN Summit is a contrast to the 2016 event with some tough talking expected behind the scenes as the United States continues to pursue a more robust line in countering China with both military alliances and pacts as well as a new economic framework to deepen bilateral engagement with countries within the increasingly significant 10 nation bloc. 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha is in Washington DC to attend the US ASEAN Summit with speculation the United States is set to unveil its new framework for economic engagement with the region. It comes as Thai and US officials have already met as part of the US-Thailand Strategic and Defence Dialogue process, a framework for deepening the US Thai relationship developed between the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Department. The summit comes as China has warned ASEAN countries that the United States is seeking to promote tensions and another cold war in East Asia as a means to impede its progress and counter the ‘trend of the times’ in a campaign that it claims is not in the region’s interests.

 

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It is already clear that this week’s US ASEAN summit will be a wide-ranging one which will see the participants engage in discussions on economic development, security as well as regional and geopolitical tensions with China as well as efforts by the 10 nation ASEAN bloc to recover from the pandemic.

 

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Take an example from Ukrain .....if China attack any country in Asean, US or East is not coming to fight it. Thailand need to ensure that they keep good relations with both west and China. Please move away from Xi Appeasement policy!

4 hours ago, webfact said:

It is already clear that this week’s US ASEAN summit will be a wide-ranging one which will see the participants engage in discussions on economic development, security as well as regional and geopolitical tensions with China as well as efforts by the 10 nation ASEAN bloc to recover from the pandemic.

Prayut joined at the hip with Xi, yet wants fair trade deals and protection with USA... 

That's going to be a tough talk.

That will be interesting as the Thai PM & his cronies idolise the Chinese!!!!

I dare say Bumbling, decrepit, insane and forgetful old Joe will go off script and whisper he has a plan to invade China before long and have to be prodded back to reality by another person in a furry costume

‘trend of the times’

 

Exquisite little euphemism.

8 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I dare say Bumbling, decrepit, insane and forgetful old Joe will go off script and whisper he has a plan to invade China before long and have to be prodded back to reality by another person in a furry costume

Better than than the 2016 meeting  with one time President you obviously idolize…????.

21 minutes ago, Bkktodd said:

Better than than the 2016 meeting  with one time President you obviously idolize…????.

Is pretty telling that the moment you criticise Biden, your automatically a Trump supporter - guess that's left politics for you. 

China did not warn of war as it says in the headline. It warned of a new cold war. This kind of 'mistake' (being charitable) doesn't help anyone. Anywhere.

9 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I dare say Bumbling, decrepit, insane and forgetful old Joe will go off script and whisper he has a plan to invade China before long and have to be prodded back to reality by another person in a furry costume

And that's what they do, historically. It's all they do.

The steady ever-present promoted ideology of an invented boogieman. 

Repeated often and loud enough, easily manipulating the dumbed down.

Sleight-of-hand and misdirection are the basis of the theatre. 

39 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

criticise

There's criticizing and there's slurring. What would you prefer, Putin's maga-girlfriend in power? If he was still in office, Putin would be marching half way  across Europe by now.

10 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I dare say Bumbling, decrepit, insane and forgetful old Joe will go off script and whisper he has a plan to invade China before long and have to be prodded back to reality by another person in a furry costume

I got news for you. It wasn't Biden who refused to join the Trans Pacific Partnership thus leaving China a huge opportunity to enhance it's power with its member nations. Maybe you should save some of your insults for the ignoramus who was previously in office.