Washington, July 23 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday reaffirmed the Trump administration’s commitment to Southeast Asia, announcing billions of dollars in strategic investments for the region while warning that Iran’s actions in the Strait of Hormuz posed a threat to global trade and freedom of navigation. Addressing the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with the United States in Manila, Rubio said Washington viewed ASEAN as its primary mechanism for engagement in the Indo-Pa…
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Washington, June 2 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to tell lawmakers on Tuesday that the Trump administration has fundamentally reshaped US foreign assistance policy, replacing what it sees as dependency-driven aid programmes with a strategy centred on trade, investment and partnerships that directly advance American interests. In prepared testimony obtained by IANS ahead of a hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and…