India, Oct. 26 -- As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit is set to kick off in Malaysia, US President Donald Trump arrived in the country on Sunday. While he will hold trade talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, his much-anticipated talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, amid the ongoing tariff dispute, will not take place as the Indian leader is attending the summit virtually.

Much attention is focused on the ASEAN summit, as several key items are part of this edition's agenda.

Ahead of the summit, East Timor finally reaped the fruit of its 14-year-long campaign and joined the ASEAN bloc as its 11th member state on Sunday.

The ASEAN summit is a biannual meeting held by the member states to discuss eco...