Trudeau puts cash behind Indo-Pacific pledges during visit to Southeast Asia summit

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a slew of funding announcements in Cambodia on Saturday aimed at deepening economic and academic ties with Southeast Asia, after decades of sporadic engagement with the region. “This is a generational shift,” Trudeau told leaders gathered in Phnom Penh for a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. “I am announcing concrete investments that are part of our commitment to this relationship,” he said, before listing $333 million in new funding. He was speaking at an event commemorating Canada’s 45 years of relations with ASEAN, which comes as the group…