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“Countries joining Pax Silica should prepare for Washington’s red lines,” says George Chen, TAG Partner and Chair of Digital Practice, in an interview with Norwegian daily news paper Klassekampen on August 19, 2026. George discusses the...

“Wang arrives at an unusually favorable moment for Beijing: Washington is signaling flexibility toward Pyongyang while simultaneously creating uncertainty in Seoul,” said Han Lin, China country director at The Asia Group. “China can use that gap...

George Chen of The Asia Group said while the U.S.-China competition has spurred AI innovation, both sides should pursue “co-opetition” by cooperating on critical issues such as AI safety. He also said a full U.S. ban...

US President Trump imposed new tariffs this summer. Based on Section 301 of the Trade Act, he imposed high tariffs of 10% or 12.5% ​​on imports from 60 trading partners and regions, including Japan. However, the...

It would be a mistake for observers to view strengthening India-Japan cooperation as a sign of weakening U.S.-Japan cooperation. It would be equally unwise to evaluate the present value and future trajectory of Japan’s bilateral ties...

“If the US is going to ban Chinese models on the grounds of national security, it will not affect just American companies (using the tech),” said George Chen, the Hong Kong-based chair of digital practice at...

“This intervention brings things back into alignment closer to where most people think that the exchange rate should be over the long term,” says Amb. Kurt Tong, TAG managing partner and former U.S. deputy treasury attaché...

“A lot of countries are looking at the competition between US and China, and they don’t want to take a side right now because the competition’s just starting,” said George Chen, partner and Digital Practice chair...

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 gives Japan an unfair trade advantage, any push to strengthen the yen...

Recent Chinese AI models are also now compatible with cheaper, locally made processors. “For the money [a Chinese AI company would] spend on an Nvidia chip, they can buy 10 local chips from Huawei or other...

George Chen, partner and chair of digital practice at The Asia Group, said US “closed models”, which include products offered by OpenAI and Anthropic, were too expensive for most consumers in global south countries, which lacked...