Sounds like I missed it during a few minutes when I lost connectivity and didn't really expect that I missed much. At the same time, they often do that with various new services or devices just to provide an update of how well things are going without necessarily having anything new to say about them (which doesn't necessarily imply that there won't be anything new in the future in relation to them). So, I still don't think any particular conclusion can be drawn from international availability of Apple Pay not coming up in this event. Could be for many different reasons really, and it's hard to really say which one (or ones) would be behind it, if any particular ones at all.
There can be plenty of excuses and explanations, just that U.S. consumers aren't privy to all those details and generally would bever even really consider them ourselves as it's not something the vast majority of us are involved or have ever been involved in. Just because we don't know about something or don't understand it (or even don't care about it) doesn't mean it's not there and doesn't play a role.
