TAG Managing Partner Amb. Kurt Tong delivered a keynote address to 300 business executives, government officials, and other stakeholders at the Hankyung 2025 Global Financial Conference. His remarks focused on tariffs, trade, and the outlook on U.S.-China relations.
This week marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon, which ended two decades of brutal war in Vietnam that cost upwards of three million lives. This year is also the 30th anniversary of normalized relations between the U.S. and Vietnam, which transformed the former adversaries into trade partners. Meanwhile, trade talks between the two
Congratulations to TAG Managing Partner, Amb. Kurt Tong! On April 29, the Government of Japan announced the 2025 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals, with Amb. Kurt Tong, TAG Managing Partner and Chair of the National Association of Japan-America Societies, Inc. as one of the recipients. In recognition of his pivotal role in promoting economic
“Korean companies should conduct thorough research to understand the implications of the current landscape, particularly regarding the BioSecure Act and the US’ national security approach to pharmaceuticals and biotech tariffs” said TAG Managing Partner Amb. Kurt Tong, who joined business leaders and industry experts to attend the 2025 US Strategy Roundtable for Pharma and Biotech
TAG Managing Partner Amb. Kurt Tong appeared on Bloomberg The Asia Trade to share insights on ongoing tariffs negotiations and the global trade outlook. During the interview he highlights, “The real issue for both Korea and Japan is the autos tariff. They’re not going to want to make a lot of concessions until they have
For Kurt Campbell, the former U.S. deputy secretary of state and long-time Asia hand, one challenge stands out in a world rocked by conflicts and tensions: how to avoid a dangerous spiral with China. “Probably, no two countries are more interdependent than China and the U.S.,” he said in an exclusive interview with Nikkei Asia
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TAG Managing Director & Co-Chair of Digital Practice, George Chen, spoke to the South China Morning Post on U.S.-China AI competition stating, “even though China’s AI technology may not be world-leading yet, the country’s massive domestic market and the rapid adoption of AI applications among ordinary consumers could start to make a difference in the
Think of the US-China contest as geopolitics on a chessboard, but not the game of kings and pawns. Rather, consider the Asian strategy game called weiqi in Chinese. The US started the 21st century with considerable advantage, but with high tariffs, Washington has weakened its position, given up turf on its weiqi board, and taken
President Donald Trump said the US is in talks with China on tariffs, and a deal could be done “over the next three or four weeks”. Mr Trump would not say whether he has spoken directly with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but insisted that China has been in touch since tariffs were imposed. According to
For years in U.S. foreign policy circles, discussions of China focused on its growing wealth, power, and ambition and the fear that it would supplant the United States. But a few years ago, the conversation took a sharp turn. Rather than fixating on China’s rise, most analysis began to focus on the country’s stagnation and
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