US Not in Pacific to Compete, Envoy Says

U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt and Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the Forum Dialogue Partners Meeting during the Pacific Islands Forum in Funafuti, Tuvalu on Aug. 16, 2019. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

American and Chinese officials have addressed a session at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu, just as regional leaders jetted out.

The United States is not in the Pacific to compete with anyone, a senior Trump administration figure says.