Jennifer Welch is the Chief Geoeconomics Analyst at Bloomberg. She most recently served as Director for China and Taiwan on the U.S. National Security Council and as Special Advisor for Asia and the Pacific in the offices of Vice President Kamala Harris and former Vice President Mike Pence. Previously, she was Fulbright fellow in Xi’an, China, where she worked with local scholars and nutritionists to design a health education program. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations and East Asian studies from Bucknell University.
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Jennifer Welch on the Taiwan Election and Cross-Strait Dynamics
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Recent Posts
George Chen on CNN on How U.S.-China Tit-for-Tat Sanctions Could Risk the Next Trump-Xi Meeting
August 7, 2026
Media Mentions
“If the US is going to ban Chinese models on the grounds of national security, it will not affect just ...
Amb. Kurt Tong in CNN International on Japan-U.S. Joint Currency Intervention
August 4, 2026
Media Mentions
“This intervention brings things back into alignment closer to where most people think that the exchange rate should be over ...
George Chen in Bloomberg on China’s AI Blitz Creates ‘Death Zone’ for Rival US Model Makers
August 4, 2026
Media Mentions
“A lot of countries are looking at the competition between US and China, and they don’t want to take a ...
David Boling in The Asahi Shimbun on Japan and the U.S. Enter a “New Phase” to Halt Yen Depreciation
August 1, 2026
Media Mentions
In an interview with The Asahi Shimbun (8/1), TAG Managing Director for Japan David Boling says, “because Trump has long argued that yen weakness ...