1. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper is expected to ask South Korea to review its decision not to renew its intelligence-sharing pact with Japan later this month.
2. The Chinese government is stressing its efforts to crackdown on smugglers of fentanyl that has become a serious issue in the United States.
3. Delegates to the International Energy Agency have criticized Iran for denying an IAEA inspector access to a nuclear facility.