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Trump and the unravelling of the US-led order

As Biden’s ‘latticework’ frays, what would replace it is still unclear, in part because of the different views within the Trump camp.

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The return of Donald Trump to the White House could shake up the existing international order in several ways.

The return of Donald Trump to the White House could shake up the existing international order in several ways.

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Although the top-level US-North Korea talks fell apart after the 2018 Hanoi meeting between then US President Donald Trump and North Korean paramount leader Kim Jong Un, it’s possible that Trump could hold yet another summit with Mr Kim. Pyongyang still wants to talk to Washington, and the American President-elect continues to say he has a friendly relationship with Mr Kim.

A Trump-Kim agreement,

however, would likely throw US allies Japan and South Korea under the bus.

This is one of several ways the return of Trump to the White House could shake up the existing international order.

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