US President Donald Trump arrived in Malaysia on Sunday on the first leg of an Asian tour that will include high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.In Malaysia on Sunday, Trump is due to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit -- a meeting he skipped several times in his first term.

Timor Leste's accession to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations follows a 14-year wait and though its membership is not expected to be transformative, it represents a symbolic victory for its President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao,

Southeast Asian foreign ministers met ahead of a landmark ASEAN summit, where East Timor will be formally welcomed as the bloc's 11th member. US President Donald Trump attends, marking his first Asia trip since returning to the White House.

Topping the agenda at every stop is trade, with negotiators still ironing out the details of pacts expected to be signed on Trump's tour of Asia.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have started talks ahead of a landmark ASEAN summit that will welcome East Timor as the bloc’s 11th member and mark U.S. President Donald Trump’s first trip to Asia s

In Malaysia, US President Donald Trump hopes to sign a trade agreement with Malaysia and witness a peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia, the New York Times reported.

Southeast Asian countries are promoting the use of local currencies in trade to reduce their reliance on the US dollar and mitigate risks from American sanctions. However, online claims that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) had announced it will stop settling their trade in the dollar are false;

China's top trade negotiator Li Chenggang and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng arrived on Sunday at a venue in Kuala Lumpur for a second day of trade talks between the United States and China.

The prime minister will attend two meetings and visit three countries as part of his plan to wean Canada off its dependence on the U.S.

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao speaks during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Kuala Lumpur on October 26, when his nation formally became the bloc's 11th member

Asia's youngest nation East Timor on Sunday became the 11th member of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN, fulfilling a vision set out by its current president nearly a half-century ago while under Portuguese rule.