Here's a summary of Obama's two-day plan for Singapore:
NOV 14-15 - SINGAPORE
Obama travels to Singapore the evening of November 14.
On November 15, he will hold a bilateral meeting with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and then go to the leaders meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
At about 2 p.m. local time the same day, Obama will hold a bilateral meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, and then hold what the White House says is the first meeting between a U.S. president and all 10 leaders of the 10 Southeast Asian countries that make up ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Finally on November 15, Obama will hold a bilateral meeting with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Reuters.
Read the rest of his schedule here. Next stop China and then S. Korea
Asian Pacific nations are
concerned about free trade. Also in tow in Singapore:
AF1 arrived in Singapore at 6:50 p.m. local time. Stepping off the plane with POTUS were Pete Rouse, Valerie Jarrett, Jon Favreau, David Axelrod, Ben Rhodes and Robert Gibbs.
Politico (Note that Jon Favreau is a speechwriter, not the actor.)
Obama is also expected to meet Burma's (Myanmar) prime minister:
The United States president has arrived in Singapore to join a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders.
Barack Obama's Air Force One arrived at Singapore's Paya Lebar military airbase late on Saturday after the president visited Japan, part of his nine-day Asian tour that will also take him to China and South Korea.
Obama was expected to catch the end of a dinner with 20 other leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) forum, before taking part in the summit on Sunday.
The president has called for a new strategy to rebalance global growth, but Asian leaders at the summit are more concerned with US trade protectionism.
Obama is likely to repeat his call to redress economic imbalances blamed for causing the global financial crisis.
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On the sidelines of the Apec summit, Obama plans to meet leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and Thein Sein, Myanmar's prime minister, on Sunday.
The meeting will mark the first time in 43 years that a US president holds collective talks with a Myanmar leader.
US president set to hold talks with Thein Sein, Myanmar's prime minister, at Apec [EPA]
The Obama administration is embarking on a new policy towards Burma which it describes as engagement while keeping sanctions in place.Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera has an interesting
special report called "China Buys the World."
