Kurt Tong, TAG Managing Partner, shares his outlook for a long-term trade deal between the United States and China amid tariff reprieve stating, “There are economic reform measures that China is likely to want to pursue in the next few years in order to boost its growth rate… some of that involves foreign investment and […]
“If President Donald Trump insists on a whole raft of measures to do an equal reduction of tariffs by both sides, he isn’t going to get it,” said TAG Managing Partner, Amb. Kurt Tong, speaking with Barron’s. “China feels it has more leverage, more than it did eight years ago, and is less likely to
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TAG Partner Amb. Dan Kritenbrink spoke at Caixin’s China Conference in London, where he discussed the upcoming U.S.-China trade talks and the need for both sides to avoid public posturing.
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Han Lin, China Country Director at The Asia Group, commented in Bloomberg that “Global banks probably need CATL more than CATL needs them. Times are tough for global banks covering China, and all evidence points to the situation getting tougher.” Nonetheless, CATL does benefit from working with the international banks which “also lend legitimacy for
“There was a clear choice, and Australia opted for a version of relaxed and comfortable, over a leap into the unknown. The risk of a Prime Minister Dutton was leveraged with none too subtle references to the “Americanisation” of policies,” wrote TAG Partner & Chair of Australia Practice, Hon. Arthur Sinodinos AO, in his opinion piece
TAG Managing Principal, Jennifer Schuch-Page, shared her thoughts with the Washington Post on Trump’s Global Climate Policy, stating, “The actual capacity building that USAID did, that work was an important part of U.S. soft power and public diplomacy… withdrawal of that inevitably gives China a leg up.”
TAG Partner Dan Kritenbrink joined PBS NewsHour’s Nick Schifrin, on the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, to share his thoughts on the evolution of US-Vietnam trade in the past half-century. He states, “To go from the brutality of that war and the depth of the tragedy that both countries experienced to
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
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