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Trump appears to be courting investments and seeking deals, while China hawks are pushing a harder line on Beijing, George Chen, a partner at The Asia Group, a strategic advisory firm, told DealBook. Still, many analysts say Xi has the upper hand. Watch Taiwan, a close U.S. partner. Xi wants to strike deals with Trump, […]

Some in the Trump administration believe “the outcome that matters more than any set of deliverables is stability and space for continued engagement, both to build domestic resilience and to facilitate future deal-making,” said Brett Fetterly, a managing principal at the consultancy The Asia Group who focuses on China.

(0:0:56) Kurt Campbell, chairman of The Asia Group, says the timing is awkward. “It is remarkable that President Trump is prepared to go to China under these circumstances, but may I also say that it is also deeply unusual that China is prepared to host him!”

Kelly Magsamen, who was chief of staff to Biden’s defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, says that in normal circumstances, there would be some kind of US military demonstration ahead of the summit, such as a dual carrier strike group operation in the South China Sea, as a show of strength.

“That Taiwan is the ‘biggest risk’ is deliberate escalatory language designed to test Washington’s threshold,” Mr Han Shen Lin, China managing director for The Asia Group consultancy, told The Straits Times. Beijing is making a calibrated move by foregrounding Taiwan ahead of the summit to ensure the issue is treated as a deliverable, rather than

“The wins have given the Modi government and the BJP greater political strength. They are now even stronger favourites for 2029,” Mr Ashok Malik, a partner at The Asia Group, a policy and business advisory group, told The Straits Times.

Speaking to businessline, Shailender Arya, Senior Advisor, The Asia Group, said Operation Sindoor accelerated the drone and counter-drone acquisition programs, leading to the rapid growth of the drone sector in India. Sindoor provided the operational necessity as well as the demand signal. “The legacy of Operation Sindoor is a definitive shift towards kinetic but non-contact operations

The countervailing orders would, at a high level, “place U.S. companies in the position of choosing between compliance with U.S. or Chinese regulatory regimes,” said Han Shen Lin, China managing director for The Asia Group.

“Multinationals must now assume any technology with Chinese DNA – regardless of where it’s incorporated – is subject to Beijing’s veto,” said Han Lin, China country director at consulting firm the Asia Group. “That will weigh upon future investments into China.”

“Beijing effectively drew a bright red line that Chinese AI talent and technology are not for sale to American companies, full stop,” said Han Shen Lin, Shanghai-based China country director at U.S. consultancy firm The Asia Group.