India faces an increasingly daunting growth challenge in a difficult global environment. Despite the difficulties abroad, including Donald Trump’s looming reciprocal US tariffs on India, it is worth emphasising the role of internationalisation, which brought India its most potent period of growth between 1991 and 2011. In this context, attention should be paid to the […]
“The US (created) a political issue at China’s expense and then has been able to declare victory,” said Kurt Tong, managing partner at The Asia Group and a former top US diplomat to Hong Kong. “That doesn’t feel good in Beijing.”
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TAG Partner Amb. Dan Kritenbrink spoke on CNBC to share his insights on how the possible Trump-Xi summit could be arranged and why a “grand bargain” is unlikely to happen — even though the two leaders eventually meet and talk.
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Key Takeaways Much Talk, Less Action: Bipartisan interest in China on Capitol Hill is wide but not deep. In 2024, Congress held nearly 40 China-focused hearings – a slight drop from 50 in 2023 – and debated over 800 China-related resolutions, bills, and amendments. But aside from a piece of nearly unanimous legislation to force ByteDance
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“I think there is signaling for a U.S.-China trade deal to be done, and it’s in Trump’s and Xi’s mutual interest to start earlier than later,” said Han Lin, China country director at the Asia Group. “Trump has the political winds behind his back but will need to show a win at some point, and
“I don’t think that the existence of TikTok in the United States is a particularly high priority for the Chinese government,” said Kurt Tong, a partner at The Asia Group and former U.S. ambassador for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. “If TikTok were just completely shuttered in the United States, it doesn’t really hurt China that much, but
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“In early March will be the upcoming Two Sessions which will define China’s economic roadmap for the year. If U.S.-China relations deteriorate further on the trade side, China will have no choice but to ramp up domestic stimulus particularly in consumption.”
TAG Managing Partner, Amb. Kurt Tong sat down with Melissa Gecolea for Hong Kong broadcaster TVB’s “Pearl Magazine,” sharing insights on what Trump 2.0 means for U.S.-China trade, and how Beijing may react.
“Many people have a lot of expectations for Musk (to be a bridge between China and the United States), but I don’t think so.” Chen Shu believes that Musk’s focus will not be on international relations for at least the next two years. He said: “His (Musk’s) primary focus is DOGE (the “Department of Government
Amb. Kurt Tong, Managing Partner of The Asia Group, joined CNBC’s flagship show Squawk Box for a wide-ranging interview to share his insights on the President Biden’s new China-focused AI chip ban and Japan’s reaction to the high-profile Nippon-U.S. Steel deal.
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