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The disputes are expected to get the spotlight at the summit, along with the North Korean nuclear threat and terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The long-simmering disputes are one issue where the two major powers\u2019 influence, focus and military might have been gauged, with the U.S. and China both calling for a peaceful resolution but taking contrasting positions in most other aspects of the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike China, the U.S. is not a claimant to the potentially oil-rich and busy waters, but it has declared that it has a national interest in ensuring freedom of navigation and overflight and the peaceful resolution of the disputes. Several nations back an active American military presence in the region to serve as a counterweight to China\u2019s increasingly assertive actions, including the construction of seven man-made islands equipped with military installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m a very good mediator and arbitrator,\u201d Trump said at a news conference with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang in Vietnam\u2019s capital, Hanoi, before flying to Manila for the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s offer faces major obstacles. For one, China has steadfastly opposed what it calls U.S. meddling in the disputes and has balked at the U.S. Navy\u2019s incursions into what Beijing considers its territorial waters in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippines, the head of ASEAN\u2019s rotational chairmanship, said member states of the 10-nation regional bloc have to consult each other but thanked Trump for the offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe is the master of the art of the deal but, of course, the claimant countries have to answer as a group or individually &#8230; mediation involves all the claimants and nonclaimants,\u201d Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Xi, during a meeting in Danang, Vietnam, where they attended the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum this past week, assured him of China\u2019s peaceful intentions in the strategic waterway, where Beijing, the Philippines, Vietnam and three other governments have overlapping claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When he raised concerns over China\u2019s increasing military capability in the South China Sea, Duterte said Xi replied, \u201cNo, it\u2019s nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe acknowledged that war cannot be promoted by anybody, (that) it would only mean destruction for all of us,\u201d Duterte told reporters after flying back to Manila. \u201cHe knows that if he goes to war, everything will blow up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17316465206158.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17316465206158.jpg.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17316465206158.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17316465206158.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17316465206158.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump toasts Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, center, and his partner Honeylet Avancena, right, at an ASEAN Summit dinner at the SMX Convention Center, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017, in Manila, Philippines. (Andrew Harnik\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chinese leader, however, would not back down on Beijing\u2019s territorial claim, Duterte said, and justified his decision not to immediately demand Chinese compliance with a ruling by a U.N.-linked tribunal that invalidated China\u2019s sweeping claims in the South China Sea on historical grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has dismissed that ruling as a \u201csham\u201d and did not participate in the arbitration case that the Philippines filed during the administration of Duterte\u2019s predecessor. Duterte took steps to thaw frosty relations with China after he won the presidency last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you go to the negotiating table and you start with the statement that I am here to claim validity of our ownership, you\u2019re wasting your time. 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