White House says economy main U.S. interest in Asia

White House says economy main U.S. interest in Asia
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao discussed the value of China’s currency as well America’s commercial interests in the South China Sea on Saturday, a White House official said. “The principal focus of the meeting was on economics,” Tom Donilon, Obama’s top national security adviser, told reporters after the two leaders met on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit on the Indonesian island of Bali. “It was a good engagement,” Donilon said of the brief meeting. …