More damage to economic options for the US while Obama deals with Tea Party temper tantrums: “The cancellation (of US attending Asia summits) will strengthen widespread concerns in the Asia-Pacific region that Obama’s rebalancing [toward more active engagement in Asia]… may be unsustainable, given US domestic and other international preoccupations,” Sutter tells Quartz. “Such concerns will reduce the importance Asia-Pacific governments give to the United States as they deal with a growing reality of China’s rising power.” Indonesia and China signed “cooperation agreements” worth over $30 billion this week during Xi’s visit and pledged to “open a deeper relationship.” visit: qz/131945/the-latest-government-shutdown-casualty-is-the-us-pivot-to-asia-and-obamas-trip-to-bali/
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