Chris Anstey Managing Editor, Asia Cross-Asset Markets – Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un Summit In Singapore

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Chris Anstey Managing Editor, Asia Cross-Asset Markets – Another potential implication is if these talks result in North Korea releasing people Japan says were abducted from its shores over the decades. It’s an emotive issue in Japan, and Prime Minister Abe has repeatedly pressed Trump to push on this. A release of abducted Japanese could help Abe, who’s been struggling in the polls. He faces a leadership contest in the ruling party in September.

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Rosalind Mathieson, International Government Executive Editor

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Rosalind Mathieson, International Government Executive Editor – It’s a commentary from state-run Xinhua News Agency — reflects China’s caution about over-egging the summit outcomes. No one, it says, would expect a half-day meeting to “iron out all differences and remove deep-seated mistrust between the two long-time foes.”    

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Only Interpreters to be Present at Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un’s 45-Minute Private Meet; US Security Experts Raise Concerns

United States and North Korea Set to Meet Again

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – After greeting each other for the first time Tuesday in front of reporters, the American president and the North Korean leader will seclude themselves on Singapore’s Sentosa Island for roughly 45 minutes while their entourages wait nearby. The intimate huddle will precede a larger meeting and a working lunch attended by Trump’s chief of staff, national security adviser and secretary of state, the White House said, along with some of their North Korean counterparts.

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