• Trump in Asia: Donald Trump is meeting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on the third leg of his diplomatic blitz in the region. Earlier, Trump said a trade deal with South Korea would be finalized “very soon.” He also said he would not meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
• Xi talks loom: All eyes are on his anticipated meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to discuss a potential trade deal with global economic impacts. These are the issues expected to top their agenda.
• Day 29 of shutdown: Back in the US, Senate Democrats again blocked Republicans’ stopgap funding bill from advancing as both parties remain firm despite the shutdown’s shockwaves.
Amazon’s cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced plans to invest more than $5 billion in South Korea on Wednesday, in addition to the $4 billion it had already pledged.
The new investment, announced at a meeting between AWS CEO Matt Garman and South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, includes the construction of additional artificial intelligence data centers in the Incheon and Gyeonggi regions, near the country’s capital, Seoul.
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