“This is a highly favorable time to expand business opportunities in Vietnam, especially as the private sector is seen as a key driver of prosperity. Additionally, the government’s commitment to reducing administrative procedures by 30% further enhances the investment climate. The Asia Group aims not only to serve as a conduit for capital but also […]
“For the 2025 Raisina Dialogue, Dhruva Jaishankar, Executive Director, ORF America moderated a Firstpost Ideas Pod studio session with Abraham Denmark, Former Senior Advisor to the US Secretary of Defense for AUKUS, and Director, Asia Program, The Asia Group and Bernard Philip, First Assistant Secretary at the Australian Government’s Department of Defence on how the
“From my vantage point in Washington, the chances of getting an exemption were less than 50 per cent, they were always unlikely to happen, given the atmosphere here in Washington at the moment. The Trump administration believe in tariffs. He [Mr Trump] says it’s the most beautiful word in the English language. He wants the
Key Takeaways: APEC 2025 will struggle for policy relevance: The political and economic policy importance of APEC 2025 faces stiff challenges. South Korea’s ongoing political upheaval could leave the host country rudderless through much of the calendar year. President Yoon Suk-yeol chose the small city of Gyeongju to host the Leaders Week, creating significant
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“Instead of resorting to ideological semantics, it is prudent to analyse and identify possible consequences of Trump’s words. Like him or not, he is reality. Further, the US is simply too consequential a power, economy and partner for other countries to not readjust to a Trumpian world,” wrote Ashok Malik.
Kurt Campbell, a senior US diplomat in the former Biden administration, is expected to help promote US-Hong Kong relations and aid economic growth on both sides when he appears as keynote speaker at a conference in April. Campbell, who served as deputy secretary of state, will speak at the AmCham Hong Kong China Conference on
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The Asia Group, a Washington, DC-based provider of geopolitical consulting, could look at its first acquisitions following an investment from RLH Equity Partners on 11 December, said Nirav Patel, co-founder and CEO. The company, which will celebrate its 12th anniversary on 13 February, has made acqui-hires over the years, which could continue. But it would also consider technology acquisitions or acquisitions
Key Takeaways Much Talk, Less Action: Bipartisan interest in China on Capitol Hill is wide but not deep. In 2024, Congress held nearly 40 China-focused hearings – a slight drop from 50 in 2023 – and debated over 800 China-related resolutions, bills, and amendments. But aside from a piece of nearly unanimous legislation to force ByteDance
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“There is no way that Trump will actually engage directly” with an acting president, said Jennifer Lee, a principal at the Asia Group in Washington who focuses on the Korean Peninsula. “So waiting six months to have that kind of highest-level meeting will definitely hurt the country,” she said, “especially given the uncertainty around the
“Going after PVH is notable because it’s the first time a consumer brand was targeted” with the “unreliable entity” designation, said Sam Ide, a vice president who specializes in China at the Asia Group, a business consulting firm. PVH has a “significant enough China presence, but [the designation] wasn’t going to have big economic ramifications,”
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