The refocus on trade and economic issues has also prompted Washington to promote the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which aims to create a new Asia-Pacific free-trade group that excludes China. Moreover, the US is emphasizing the importance of the East Asia Summit and ASEAN, whose summit overlaps with the EAS meeting in Phnom Penh that Obama will be attending.
将注意力转向贸易和经济问题还促使华盛顿推出了泛太平洋伙伴关系协定，该协定意在打造一个不包括中国的亚太自由贸易集团。此外，美国还在强调东亚峰会和东盟的重要性，后者的峰会与奥巴马将出席的金边东亚峰会重叠。