The New York Times reports: "The worsening trade war between the United States and China has intensified pressure on companies to leave China and set up factories in places like Cambodia, a verdant country of 16 million people with low wages and high hopes. But anybody who moves here may have to deal with the water buffalo. Huffing, snorting and in no hurry to move, the big-horned bovines occasionally meander across the Khmer-American Friendship Highway, the dusty, 140-mile route linking Phnom Penh's factories with the port in the coastal city of Sihanoukville. They are not the only potential obstacles. At quitting time, factory workers heading home on foot and motorbikes clog the road. For factory owners on deadline, those crowded roads can mean frustrating delays. "Where Cambodia sits now is where China was 25 years ago," said Piet Holten, who makes the microfiber cloths and bags for sport and fashion sunglass brands like Oakley. To get his sportswear products from his Phnom Penh factory to market, he flies them using DHL. President Trump's tariffs on Chinese products, which expanded to another $200 billion worth of goods on Monday, are prompting many companies to rethink their supply chains. As tariffs begin to make China look more expensive, many companies are considering cheaper places to make their products, like Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh and Ethiopia."

Politico reports: "One man will dominate proceedings at the United Nations General Assembly this week: Donald Trump. But the man who has become, in more ways than ever, the most important man in U.N. politics—Chinese President Xi Jinping—won't be there. While Trump is set to spend three days lecturing other leaders on issues from Iran to the drugs trade, and most will defer to him to avoid embarrassment, America's predominance at the U.N. is weakening—and China is filling the gap. Diplomats in New York see two major political trends reshaping the organization. The first is the U.S. systematically and loudly distancing itself from U.N. bodies and initiatives it doesn't like. The second is the focus with which China is gaining power and influence in Turtle Bay. America's voluble president may own the podium at the General Assembly, but quietly, in the windowless committee rooms of the U.N., Chinese diplomats are busy reshaping the ground rules of international cooperation to Beijing's liking."

The Wall Street Journal reports: "A landmark agreement between the Vatican and China on the appointment of bishops drew sharply divided reaction over the weekend, as global Catholic observers weighed its implications for religious freedom. The Vatican and the Chinese government signed the 'provisional agreement' on Saturday, ending a decadeslong struggle over who chooses the leaders of Catholicism in the world's most populous country. Details of the agreement weren't made public, but people familiar with the matter ahead of the signing said that it allows the pope to veto new nominees for bishops proposed by the Chinese government. The agreement also means that the Vatican will no longer approve the ordination of bishops in China without Beijing's permission, meaning that all new leaders of the Catholic hierarchy there will be men acceptable to an avowedly atheist government. Critics have cast the pact as a capitulation by Pope Francis to Beijing at a time of intensifying government crackdown on Christians and other religious groups."