US election: No one candidate ticks all the boxes for South-east Asia

US President Donald Trump meets Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on the sidelines of the Asean summit in Manila on Nov 13, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS
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It is not as clear as day who will be better for South-east Asia: Mr Donald Trump or Mr Joe Biden.

"There are upsides and downsides," said research fellow Lucio Pitlo III at the Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation.

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