Reorienting global supply chains is “a slow process because there is no infrastructure or ecosystem in Southeast Asia that can quickly replicate the efficiencies that the Chinese market provides,” he said.
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Anand Shah is a Partner at The Asia Group, which he joined in 2022 as part of the firm’s acquisition of Dhamiri, a venture that he founded to help corporations align their core businesses with public good in critical international markets. He previously led the development of strategic initiatives as Senior Vice President of Indian
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The South Korean economy is noticeably sputtering, especially in comparison to stronger post-COVID recoveries elsewhere in Asia. Korea’s exports are down 15 percent year-on-year. Meanwhile, interest rate hikes by the Bank of Korea (BOK) to stem inflation have been largely successful but have hit the country’s USD 107 billion housing market and construction industry especially hard. Housing prices fell in April for the eleventh straight month and are down about ten percent from their peak last summer. Residential real estate is the largest class of assets for most Korean households, so a drop in values can have a strong and negative wealth effect on household spending.
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“While Cambodia’s economy is set to prosper in the short-term, a geopolitical rethink and structural reforms will be critical to sustaining medium- and long-growth,” he writes.
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“This is a crisis that need not have occurred,” he said.
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Amb. Kurt Tong writes that “[w]ithin the IPEF, there is a grand opportunity to build a digital economy agreement that […] facilitates greater economic participation by small and midsize enterprises.”
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Han Lin spoke with Keith Bradsher from Shanghai.
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Ashok Malik is a Partner at The Asia Group and Chair of its New Delhi-based subsidiary in India where he leads the firm’s in-market business strategy and services. Prior to joining the firm, Ashok served for three years (2019-22) as Policy Advisor/Additional Secretary in India’s Ministry of External Affairs. In that capacity, he worked closely
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TAG Managing Partner Amb. Kurt Tong joins David Westin on Bloomberg TV’s Balance of Power to discuss China’s economic problems.
On this episode of The Tea Leaves Podcast, we sat down with Ambassador Ted Osius, the President and CEO of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council and former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam (2014-2017). Ted highlighted his experience promoting the Trans-Pacific Partnership as the top U.S. diplomat in Hanoi, and discussed the evolution of economic and political relations
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