Media Mentions

TAG Partner and Australia Chair, the Hon. Arthur Sinodinos AO, recently spoke at the Sydney International Strategy Forum 2024 where he discussed the next U.S. administration’s challenges and opportunities in the Indo-Pacific and the world more broadly.

“Asia’s security environment is becoming increasingly complex as regional powers navigate intensifying rivalries and shifting alliances. Rising tensions between the United States and China have forced smaller Asian countries to balance their economic ties with China against security concerns and alliances with the U.S.” Click here to view the full event description.

TAG managing partner Amb. Kurt Tong interviews with Taiwan’s TVBS, sharing insight on Trump 2.0 impact on Taiwan and beyond.

“APEC is all about making steady but gradual progress on economic development and economic integration using a unique multilateral line-up of members. Thus it is not well-suited to Donald Trump’s transactional, one-one-one, one-off deal and personalized approach to getting things done. That said, working level officials in the next Trump administration could contribute to APEC

“Before the election in the US, there was a lot of activity in Australia to work out who is going to win and, if so, what are the policies going to be,” Sinodinos said Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg Television in Sydney. “The Australian government will be relatively well-prepared for what’s coming.”

Following disengagement on the India-China frontier in Ladakh, there’s speculation about how much bilateral economic relations will, and should be, normalised. In some circles this has taken a silly turn, with claims of an alleged B&W divide between economic ministries and diplomatic/security authorities. Complex policy choices are reduced to simplistic Manichean dualism.

TAG Managing Partner Amb. Kurt Tong shares insight on U.S. elections, WH restrictions on AI investments in China, and U.S.-China trade.

“China doesn’t want to be associated with election interference and therefore has no official position regarding Trump versus Harris,” says Han Lin, China Country Director, The Asia Group.  Under Trump, China could secure a larger slice of the global economic pie. However, due to higher tariffs, the global pie could be expected to shrink.”

“What is crystal clear is that there are many in the Indian government and among Indian stakeholders that would like to see a much bigger trade relationship between the U.S. and India,” he said, adding that “the missing piece is the readiness on the U.S. side to show that same desire to really take it to

(Minutes 7:00-13:44) “As China races to reach its GDP targets, the EU tariffs, while certainly not a win for China, are manageable.  Even after they take effect, negotiation is still available, and the opening of factories remains an option said Han Shen Lin, China country director at the Asia Group. “China can still plant an EV