February 10, 2016

PM Lee in US for special Asean summit

Featuring: Patrick M. Cronin

Source: The Straits Times

Journalist: Jeremy Au Yong

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong heads to the United States today where he is due to meet Silicon Valley top brass and attend a US-Asean Leaders Summit hosted by United States President Barack Obama.

The week-long visit begins in San Francisco where PM Lee will meet California governor Jerry Brown, as well as some of the top names in the technology industry, including Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Mr Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google parent Alphabet.

Read the full article at The Straits Times.

Author

  • Patrick M. Cronin

    Former Senior Advisor and Senior Director, Asia-Pacific Security Program

    Patrick M. Cronin is a former Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Previously, he was the ...