Author name: Kamiryn Rose-Weinberg

“These countries face a real dilemma,” said Amb. Kurt Tong, TAG Managing Partner speaking with the New York Times. “They can’t afford to have an antagonistic relationship with the United States, but on the other hand they are being treated badly. They will have to find a way to thread this needle.”

TAG Senior Advisor, Mark Linscott shared his thoughts on Trump’s Recent Tariffs with BBC’s World Business Report stating, “Tariffs have long been a preoccupation… I’d describe them as an obsession. The magnitude and scope of the tariffs that have been applied so far, and could be announced, go far beyond what does done during [Trump’s]

“DeepSeek should not have been a surprise.” said TAG Country Director Han Shen Lin, speaking with the New York Times. He continued, “overseas investment restrictions and disincentives to collaborate, we are now blind to China tech developments. China is defining the tech standards of the future without U.S. input. This will put us at a

Amb. Dan Kritenbrink, Partner at The Asia Group, spoke with Ming Pao, Hong Kong’s largest Chinese language newspaper by circulation, to share his insights on foreign policy developments during Trump’s second term, what will change, what will not, and why President Trump focuses tariffs and trade more now than ever.

Amb. Dan Kritenbrink, Partner at The Asia Group, was invited by The University of Hong Kong where he joined well-respected China scholar Prof. Cheng Li for a talk at HKU about how to understand “strategic competition” for U.S.-China relations in the era of Trump 2.0. Dan also met business leaders, diplomats, scholars and students in

Speaking with the Herald Business Newspaper, TAG Managing Partner Amb. Kurt Tong shared his thoughts on South Korea’s U.S.-China strategy stating, “Trump administration’s trade policy does not fit with the core theme of APEC. APEC aims for free and open trade and investment, while Trump values ​​fairness and is more bilateral than multilateral. Therefore, it

Amb. Dan Kritenbrink, Partner at The Asia Group, sat down with Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post for an interview, in which he shared his views on how Hong Kong can remain “special” and competitive at a time when Hong Kong is caught more often in rising U.S.-China tensions, including the ongoing saga of Li

TAG Partner, Amb. Dan Kritenbrink, was welcomed by the leadership of AmCham Hong Kong, including Chairman David Butts and President Eden Woon for a full-house luncheon held at the Hong Kong Club. Dan also met members of AmCham, mostly business leaders of global and local enterprises where he shared his views on U.S.-China relations, the geopolitical

TAG Managing Partner Amb. Kurt Tong spoke at a March 20 event in Seoul hosted by One Law Partners, stressing that “a sophisticated government relations strategy is critical to handling the major challenges emerging in the geopolitical environment.” Korean participants joined a lively discussion of recent policies on trade, tariffs, and defense, as Tong highlighted

During the same week of China Development Forum, Amb. Kurt Tong, Managing Partner of The Asia Group, was invited to speak at Yale Centre Beijing, the “embassy” of Yale University in China, to 150-persons full house audience of students, scholars, diplomats, and business people, for a talk on the outlook of U.S-China relations and how