Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
SWEETENING THE DEAL US President Joe Biden (center) welcomes Pacific Island leaders for a family photo during the US-Pacific Island Country Summit on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 (September 30 in Manila). AFP PHOTO
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Thursday (Friday in Manila) announced $810 million in new funding for Pacific Islands at a first-of-a-kind summit with their leaders in Washington, vowing a closer partnership with a strategic but sparsely populated region where China is making inroads.