Author name: Kamiryn Rose-Weinberg

“By highlighting what Japan could do to help Trump’s America First agenda, Ishiba offered a template for other countries to deal with Trump’s transactional nature,” said TAG Vice President, Yuka Hayashi to Bloomberg. “Ishiba’s praise of Trump for everything from surviving an assassination attempt, removing restrictions on US fossil fuel extraction and spurring Japan’s moves […]

“It’s in Trump’s and Xi’s interest to strike a deal. China has more to lose.  If China cannot export its way to GDP growth it has little choice but to concentrate on boosting the economy through other means. We’ll have a better indication of how in the upcoming March Two Sessions.” – Han Lin, TAG

“The tariff tit-for-tat, while unfortunate, was not unexpected. China has the capacity to respond swiftly and strongly but appears to be taking a measured approach to demonstrate strength without over-escalating,” says Han Lin, TAG China Country Director on the BBC World News