President Joe Biden will address the annual summit of eighteen Asia Pacific nations known as the association of southeast Asian nations by video today the White House says Biden will re affirm U. S. support for ASEAN led regional architecture and discuss his vision for working together with allies and partners to address issues facing the Indo Pacific region it's the first time since twenty seventeen that a U. S. president is attending the summit yesterday Biden called the relationship the sensual after announcing a one hundred million dollar initiative to beef up engagement in the face of China's growth as a national security and economic adversary the funding covers health spending a new climate initiatives education and programs to bolster economic recovery I'm