LIMA - Barack Obama touched down in Peru on the final foreign visit of his eight-year presidency, facing tough questions from assembled Pacific leaders about Donald Trump's election victory. On Saturday, Obama will meet leaders of the 12-country trans-Pacific trade agreement, which Trump has opposed and now faces an uncertain future. From Obama down, officials have stressed that US economic and strategic interests have not changed as a result of the election, and Trump may yet recalibrate his views. Trump has sparked concern in Tokyo and Seoul in particular by questioning decades-old mutual defense obligations that underpin their security. "I expect that President Obama will ask his colleagues to give the next administration ample time to shape its agenda," she added.

Source: Bangkok Post November 19, 2016 04:49 UTC