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Obama is expected to meet Myanmar President Thein Sein at the Sixth East Asia Summit. [70] Clinton made a two-day visit from 1 December 2011. [71] Barack Obama visited Myanmar on 18 November 2012, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to do so. Obama also visited Aung San Suu Kyi in her home. [72]
Seeking to shift the focus of U.S. foreign policy to East Asia, Obama organized a multi-nation free trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), but the TPP was never ratified by Congress. [12] Smaller trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama were approved by Congress and entered into force.
Barack Obama made 52 international trips to 58 countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank) during his presidency, which began on January 20, 2009 and ended on January 20, 2017. [1] Obama set the record as the most-traveled president for any first year in office: he took the most trips, visited the most countries, and spent the most days ...
US President Obama made his inaugural visit to the Sixth East Asia Summit underlining the United States returned focus on the Asia Pacific region despite congressional budgetary constraints and cutbacks. [1] [2] [3] This included expanded military presence in northern Australia which has neighbouring countries like Indonesia and China wary. [3]
Though the Middle East remained important to American foreign policy, Obama pursued a "pivot" to East Asia. [272] [273] Obama also emphasized closer relations with India, and was the first president to visit the country twice. [274] An advocate for nuclear non-proliferation, Obama successfully negotiated arms-reduction deals with Iran and ...
Obama and Raul Castro reversed over 60 years of tension between the U.S. and Cuba by restoring diplomatic ties. 4. He urged states in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
Countries visited by Barack Obama during his presidency, 2009–2017. Barack Obama made 52 trips to 58 countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank) during his presidency. He set the record as the most-traveled president for any first year in office: he took the most trips, visited the most countries, and spent the most days abroad.
The Tenth East Asia Summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 21–22, 2015. [1] ... Barack Obama President