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Trump vows to tackle N Korea on Asia trip

Trump vows to tackle N Korea on Asia trip

At a speech to the United Nations, Mr Trump threatened to annihilate North Korea, saying the country's leader, Kim Jong-un," is on a suicide mission".
In exchange, Mr Kim in a rare statement, vowed to "tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire".
Mr Trump will seek to rally the country's neighbours - including China - to continue an economic sanctions campaign against North Korea.

Trade relations

Several countries, especially Japan, were upset when Mr Trump withdrew the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact - a deal which had been more than five years in the making and affected 40% of the global economy.
The 11 remaining countries, including Japan and Vietnam, will continue the pact and have left the door open for the US to rejoin at any time, however a US trade representative has vowed that Mr Trump will not change his decision.
"Bilateral negotiations are better for the United States than multilateral negotiations," said trade representative Robert Lighthizer.

South China Sea

Territorial disputes have pitted several smaller nations against much-larger China, which views the sea as part of its sphere of influence.
Japanese and Filipino sailors have often clashed at sea with Chinese military vessels, and nations have been so far unable to establish a clear border.
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Image caption Filipino protesters burned effigies of Trump and Duterte earlier this month
After a US Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship in the South China Sea in August - resulting in 10 dead US sailors - a state-run newspaper in Beijing said the "US Navy has behaved arrogantly in the Asia-Pacific region".

Meeting Duterte

Mr Duterte's human rights record has been criticised, as his country wages war against drug dealers and users.
As a result, it had been rumoured in Washington that Mr Trump may skip the ASEAN summit happening in Manila.
But now the White House schedule confirms that he will attend.

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Image caption A group of "young pioneers" on the way home on the Pyongyang metro
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