“ASEAN is a powerful engine of growth in its own right. To pull out of the region in the face of geopolitical and trade tensions is a big mistake,” said TAG Chairman & Co-Founder, Dr. Kurt Campbell, and TAG Partner, Alex Feldman, in their co-authored op-ed piece in The Straits Times
Christopher Johnstone, a former senior US government Japan expert, said Tokyo viewed 2+2 meetings as a “very high priority” because they provided “politically valuable opportunities to showcase the strength of the US-Japan alliance”. He said postponing the meeting until after the Japanese election signalled “significant unease in Tokyo about the state of the bilateral relationship
Fresh off the heels of a U.S.-China trade truce reached in London, Ambassador Kurt Tong , Managing Partner at The Asia Group joins the Asia podcast crew. The team discusses the implications of the chaotic U.S. policy and how China and the broader region are readjusting to the dramatic shifts. Steve and Kurt sneak in some baseball
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Congratulations to TAG Partner, The Hon. Arthur Sinodinos AO, who has been named as the next Board Chair of the United States Studies Centre! As Partner and Chair of Australia Practice, Ambassador Sinodinos is at the forefront of conversations about Australia’s role and relationships across the Indo-Pacific region. He played a key role in high-level
Han Lin, China Country Director at The Asia Group, briefed the New Zealand Prime Minister and his accompanying business delegation on China’s economic outlook and prevailing business sentiment. The event, held in partnership with New Zealand’s Consulate in Shanghai, formed part of a broader effort to deepen trade ties and strengthen people-to-people links between the
“It’s important that the Prime Minister eyeballs the president and takes him through our arguments as to why, as a special partner of the United States … we deserve better treatments on tariffs, and for him to understand why AUKUS is important,” TAG Partner, The Hon. Arthur Sinodinos AO told Sky News Australia.
It is “desirable” for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to meet US President Donald Trump at the NATO meeting next week. “The sooner they get together, the better…” said TAG Partner, The Hon. Arthur Sinodinos AO in an interview with Sky News.
The Pentagon is reviewing plans for the joint provision of nuclear submarines to Australia, a deal seen as the pillar of the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the U.K., and the U.S., or “AUKUS.” The review has sparked alarm in both Canberra and London and raises hard questions about U.S. shipbuilding capacity, defense readiness, and
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Kurt Tong, Managing Partner at The Asia Group, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the impact of tech trade between U.S. and China.
Dan Kritenbrink, who was assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Biden administration, said the London meeting produced “a fragile truce.” “Both sides have now demonstrated that they know where the other’s weak points are,” said Kritenbrink, now a partner at the Asia Group. “They demonstrated that they both have
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