HANGZHOU, China U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that U.S. trading partners in Asia did not need to be persuaded of the benefits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, just that Washington would eventually approve the trade pact.
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It is being alleged that the US President wasn’t given the red carpet treatment as the communist nation was irked with Obama’s recent warning that China would have to face “consequences” over defiance of an worldwide ruling on China’s claim in the South China Sea.
Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at the Group of 20 summit in an effort to reach a ceasefire deal in Syria, but ultimately, both walked away without an agreement.
“Despite everything, we have some alignment of positions and an understanding of what we could do to de-escalate the situation in Syria”, Putin told reporters, without providing more details.
The outstanding gaps, the official said, were “technical”, having to do with the implementation of the agreement.
“If we can not get the type of agreement we want, we will walk away from that effort”.
State Department officials have declined to elaborate on what the sticking points are preventing a deal, though the USA official said the remaining differences revolved around how the plan would be implemented.
After 90 minutes of candid talks, the two leaders failed to agree on the fate of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad but Obama expressed hope that they could reach consensus on working together to defeat the Islamic State.
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The White House wants to determine whether the Minsk ceasefire can be implemented beforeObama leaves office in January, or whether economic sanctions on Russian Federation will need to be extended, the official said.
