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US executives were well represented this year, accounting for 45 per cent of invitees, according to an analysis by Han Shen Lin of the Asia Group. Europeans made up 36 per cent with the remainder from...

Trump is expected to put “enormous pressure” on Takaichi, said Kurt Campbell, the former U.S. deputy secretary of state in the Biden administration who is now chair of The Asia Group. Campbell said he’s never seen...

Tong argued that if it hadn’t been for Taiwan and Iran, “the visit would have been downright celebratory.” Takaichi and Trump have struck a warm relationship marked by a strong personal chemistry and a mutual desire...

The agreement requires ratification by Indonesia’s parliament before it can take effect. That adds another “layer of uncertainty,” said Mehu Sitepu, with the Washington-based strategic advisory firm The Asia Group. Some provisions of the agreement are...

“Typically, summits ratify progress already made, not create it. If back-channel talks aren’t moving, delay just gives hawks on both sides more room to harden positions and raise the political cost of compromise,” said Han Lin,...

A delay in the state visit is welcome by both the Trump administration and China, said Brett Fetterly, a managing pricnicpal in the China practice at The Asia Group, a Washington-based consultancy. “I think the political...

A delay possibly lasting a few weeks and up to two months won’t have a “big impact on US-China relations,” said George Chen, partner and co-chair of digital practice at The Asia Group, which was co-founded...