President Donald Trump weighs a potential meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

TOKYO (AP) — President Donald Trump begins one of his busiest days of his Asia trip on Tuesday, meeting with the new Japanese prime minister, speaking to U.S. troops aboard an aircraft carrier and mingling with business leaders.

Topping the agenda at every stop is trade, with negotiators still ironing out the details of pacts expected to be signed during Trump’s three-country Asia tour.

President Trump is heading to Asia for his first trip to the region since taking office in January as the government shutdown persists with no end in sight.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday urged Asia-Pacific leaders to choose dialogue over coercion and cooperation over confrontation, as he opened the East Asia summit at a time of sharpening rivalry between the United States and China.

President Donald Trump’s latest tariff salvo against Canada landed just as Mark Carney was setting out on a mission to insulate his country from the fallout of the trade war.

Until this month, Radio Free Asia had successfully resisted Trump officials who had tried to render it obsolete.

During a six-day tour of a region facing the threat of Chinese aggression, Trump reiterates a message that was largely heeded by European nations.