ASEAN leaders are continuing talks in Malaysia after US President Donald Trump left for Japan. Photo: AP PHOTO

World leaders gathered in Malaysia will discuss ways to strengthen economic and trade ties in the shadow of looming US tariffs after President Donald Trump left a summit of Southeast Asian nations to continue a tour of the region.

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In a flurry of deal-making on the first stop of his Asia trip, Trump oversaw the signing on Sunday of an expanded ceasefire pact between Cambodia and Thailand and four regional trade deals.

None of those framework deals reduced steep US tariffs o

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