NEW: Trump Secures New Peace, Trade Deals On First Day Of Asia Trip
 

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NEW: Trump Secures New Peace, Trade Deals On First Day Of Asia Trip








Published 7 hours ago
on October 26, 2025
By Cullen McCue

President Donald Trump on Saturday signed three peace and trade deals with the leaders of Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia on Sunday, the first full day of the president’s Asia trip.

All three nations pledged to expand economic ties with the United States and remove existing trade barriers, including tariffs. The president also formally oversaw a peace deal signed between the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand after the two nations were involved in violent border clashes earlier this year.

The two nations appeared to be on a collision course for a wider conflict, at which point Trump intervened as a mediator. The president has credited negotiations on trade with helping both sides come to an agreement.

While speaking after the deal was signed Sunday, Trump said the agreement may save “millions of lives” in the two Southeast Asian nations, which were represented by their respective prime ministers in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. “Millions of people are alive today because of this peace treaty,” Trump declared.

“The United Nations should be doing this, but they don’t do it. They don’t do it. They turned off my teleprompter. When I made a speech, I had to make a speech without a teleprompter. They’re good at that. The escalator wasn’t working too well. It came to a complete halt,” he added.

“But, I mean, the United Nations has such great potential. I wish they could do it. They didn’t get involved with us at all. We just did the deal and reported the deal, and everybody was sort of amazed that we got it done so quickly and so nicely.”

The peace deal formalizes a military pullback from a long-disputed border region and the exchange of prisoners of war after the two nations engaged in intense fighting this past July, which saw exchanges of rocket fire on both sides and claimed at least 66 lives. “I shouldn’t say it’s a hobby, because it’s so much more serious than a hobby, but it’s something that I’m good at, and it’s something I love to do,” Trump said Sunday.

He added that he is currently hoping to resolve ongoing border flareups between Pakistan and Taliban factions along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, which have claimed dozens of lives. The administration is also currently working to negotiate an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.

“I heard that Pakistan and Afghanistan have started up. But I’ll get that solved very quickly,” he said.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who was once imprisoned on what he described as politically motivated charges, joked with President Trump ahead of the signing ceremony. “We share lots of things in common. I was in prison, but you almost got there,” Ibrahim said, drawing laughs.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet praised Trump’s direct involvement in mediating the conflict, adding that he would be nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize. Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul also offered his “sincere appreciation” to Trump.

After the two sides agreed to a cessation of hostilities back in July, Trump lowered his “reciprocal” tariffs for both Cambodia and Thailand to 19% — down from threatened rates of 49% and 36%, respectively, the New York Post reported. The new trade deals inked Sunday will further lower tariff rates on both countries, as well as Malaysia.

Cambodia has agreed to purchase 10 Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes for its national airline in return for the lower rate, among other things.

The White House did not provide details on the new reciprocal tariff rates for the three countries on Sunday, but suggested that they could be lowered to “zero percent” for certain products. The statement added that similar arraignments have been made with Vietnam, which signed a comprehensive trade deal with the U.S. earlier this year.


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