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Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from Singapore, where CNBC is holding the second CONVERGE LIVE event in the striking Jewel complex.
It will come as no surprise that the extraordinary turnaround from the White House on the ceasefire deadline with Iran has topped the agenda here.
In an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” U.S. President Donald Trump said “I don’t want to extend” the truce with Tehran, and then just hours later took to Truth Social to announce the ceasefire will continue.
But delegates here at CONVERGE LIVE have emphasized that the loss of trust is a dangerous outcome of the war that will take years to rebuild.
