In particular, between Trump's early calls for strategic partners such Japan and South Korea to cover more of the costs of supporting USA troops on their shores, his decision to withdraw the United States from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, and his administration's recent statements and actions in response to North Korea's nuclear weapons program, Trump has helped put the typically slow-moving and carefully managed geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific in flux.
After talks with Japan's deputy prime minister, Taro Aso, Pence said the US would work with Japan, China and other nations to get Pyongyang to give up its atomic weapons program.
"We'll be conducting more missile tests on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis", he said.
During his visit to South Korea, at the outset of his 10-day trip to Asia, Pence's attention mostly was directed at the North Korean situation.
Pence's meeting in Seoul with business leaders comes before he heads to Tokyo later on Tuesday, where he will meet Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso and kick off talks that Washington hopes will open doors for USA -made products.
"We certainly support the right of our allies and friends to ensure that their interests are protected and their citizens are defended against any possible attack", Ms Bishop said.
In Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaking to a parliamentary session Monday, said: "Needless to say, diplomatic effort is important to maintain peace". "The more tense things are, the more calm we need to be to find the opportunities and possibilities for dialogue".
Pence reiterated that after years of North Korea testing the US and its neighbors in East Asia with its nuclear ambitions, the USA "era of strategic patience is over".
But officials at Pentagon are believed to be unsure how North Korea would respond if USA the shoots down a test missile.
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US President Donald Trump took a moment at the White House Easter egg roll Monday to deliver a terse message to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un: "Got to behave".
North Korea's deputy ambassador to the United Nations reiterated on the weekend that the North is ready to respond to any USA missile or nuclear strike.
Before the free trade agreement between the two countries took effect in 2012, South Korea's trade surplus against the United States stood at $11.6 billion at end-2011. "Solve the problem in North Korea".
Late previous year, China, which is believed to be the only country buying North Korean coal, announced it would slash its imports in line with global sanctions after a ballistic missile test.
"[North Korea] is on a path to achieving nuclear weapons capability and we believe Kim Jong-un has a clear ambition to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear payload as far as the US", Ms Bishop told the ABC.
In 1994, the North Korean government agreed to shut down its nuclear development program. He's always seen himself as more of a big picture guy. "But I am going to suspect that this was a new missile or certainly one that has not been well-developed".
Pence's Japanese hosts will be cautious about any U.S. military action that could trigger a broader regional conflict.
In his presidential campaign, Trump warned he would renegotiate trade deals as part of his "America First" policy.
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