Author name: Kamiryn Rose-Weinberg

George Chen, TAG Managing Director and Digital Practice Co-Chair, argues that CK Hutchison’s decision to sell the ports business in Panama is a blow to Hong Kong’s reputation as an independent financial center, “On one hand, I think it shows, you know, Li Ka-shing – you know, he’s a businessman, and he treats this more […]

Christopher Johnstone, TAG Partner and Defense Chair who served as Director for East Asia in the National Security Council under President Joe Biden spoke with Newsweek stating, “The Five Eyes, while a product of the early Cold War, still brings incredible value… If it were to break down, it would have real consequences for all

The Asia Group’s Chair of the Australia Practice, the Hon. Arthur Sinodinos AO, explained in an interview with The Saturday Paper his experience negotiating with the first Trump administration as Australian Ambassador to the United States and Australia’s position during the second Trump administration stating, “So on economics and trade, it is business is business,

“China is positioning itself as a legitimate – even if weaker – alternative to the US as a critical trade partner, but it doesn’t have a very strong hand either. China is not likely to become a major importer, and its Russia relationship continues to elicit suspicion in the European community,” said TAG China Country

“We’ve seen Trump surpass a lot of expectations that Congress would limit and restrict his authority, and he’s just kind of ignoring some of the constraints we normally would see,” said TAG Vice President Alison Szalwinski speaking with Nikkei Asia. Read: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/TikTok-angles-for-compromise-to-avert-U.S.-sell-or-ban-ultimatum 

“It’s clear that the Indo-Pacific is going to be central to American interests for the coming century. It’s unassailable, without a doubt,” says TAG Partner, Amb. Daniel Kritenbrink to Nikkei Asia. “The U.S.-China relationship, no matter what happens, no matter who’s in office, is going to become increasingly competitive, dynamic and tense.” Read: https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Trump-administration/Indo-Pacific-crucial-to-Trump-top-Asia-hand-Kritenbrink-says

“The meeting showed how quickly political winds can change for Chinese business,” said Han Shen Lin, China country director for US consultancy The Asia Group.  “It was only a few years ago that the same sector was under a regulatory chokehold,” said Lin. “Now suddenly they’re the favoured son again.” Lin stressed that Xi’s message

“One can either seize opportunities that appear and build one’s capacities – or simply add to the chaos and the noise. Modi and his team are acting as would be expected of custodians of India’s interest,” said Ashok Malik, TAG Partner and Chair of India Practice. “Having said that, diplomatic inflection points will emerge not

“There are many reasons for the WTO’s irrelevance at this historic moment. Reason one is the failure of the WTO to address China’s non-market actions and how it got to its dominance in exporting to the world.” – Mark Linscott, TAG Senior Advisor Read: https://www.hinrichfoundation.com/research/article/trade-distortion-and-protectionism/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-took-root-in-the-wto-failings/

“My best guess would be that if the U.S. does some kind of blanket global policy on reciprocal tariffs, that Japan would not be excluded from that,” said TAG Managing Partner, Kurt Tong to The Japan Times, noting that Japan does not have particularly high tariffs against American products. Read: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/10/japan/politics/ishiba-trump-meeting-analysis/