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“There is no way that Trump will actually engage directly” with an acting president, said Jennifer Lee, a principal at the Asia Group in Washington who focuses on the Korean Peninsula. “So waiting six months to have that kind of highest-level meeting will definitely hurt the country,” she said, “especially given the uncertainty around the

“Going after PVH is notable because it’s the first time a consumer brand was targeted” with the “unreliable entity” designation, said Sam Ide, a vice president who specializes in China at the Asia Group, a business consulting firm.  PVH has a “significant enough China presence, but [the designation] wasn’t going to have big economic ramifications,”

Putting these U.S. companies on the unreliable entities list is “alarming” because it shows that the Chinese government is using the list to pressure U.S. companies to take a side, said George Chen, managing director for The Asia Group, a Washington D.C.-headquartered business policy consultancy. “It’s almost like telling American companies, what your government is

“China has the capacity to retaliate hard and fast, but seems intent to demonstrate strength while avoiding unnecessary escalation to keep its options open,” said Han Shen Lin, China director at the Asia Group, a business consulting firm.”

Kurt Tong, former U.S. consul general in Hong Kong and Macau and now managing partner at The Asia Group, said he was surprised by the new levies on China. Trump had shown “a real effort” to establish a channels of communication with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Tong said, and imposing tariffs on Chinese products “at