Biden greets ASEAN leaders with $150m investment pledge

Summit to focus on trade, security as Ukraine war highlights bloc's disunity

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U.S. President Joe Biden poses for photographs with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at the White House on May 12. © Reuters

TSUBASA SURUGA and NANA SHIBATA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations gathered in Washington on Thursday for a long-awaited summit with U.S. President Joe Biden, whose administration is keen to reassert itself in a region where China and Russia also have deep ties.

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