A Global Summit In Asia (Without The United States) (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

The government shutdown is reverberating across the globe. Especially in Bali. 21 national leaders are meeting for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit – or APEC –and President Obama is absent – missing the summit in a country where he lived as a boy. John Kerry is there instead, but there are questions. The pivot to Asia that President Obama kicked off years ago is losing ground in the face of distractions at home and abroad. Up next, On Point: Obama’s APEC absence and the economic implications.

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/10/08/a-global-summit-in-asia-without-the-united-states