A Week Around the World With <i>The Atlantic</i>

What We’re Writing

President Trump’s visit to Asia provided an opportunity for outsiders to evaluate his behavior with foreign leaders. He by claiming to believe Vladimir Putin’s assertions that there was no Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. He spoke of his “great relationship” with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, exposing and his penchant for making the political personal. But his tough talk on trade, globalization, and “America First” may be alienating some of the economic partners America needs most, including China, accounts for a large part of American multinational companies’ success. China’s growth strategy of infrastructure investments in foreign countries is , writes Krishnadev Calamur.