Amcham Hk's Podcast

During the 1990s, Hong Kong was once considered ‘the goose that lays the golden egg.’ Since the rise of China, Hong Kong’s economic influence seems to have waned. Facing a triple whammy of Covid-19, social movement as well as an escalated US-China tension, can Hong Kong navigate through such turbulent times and come out stronger? Simon Cartledge, Founder at Big Brain, shared his insights on the outlook of Hong Kong.

How is the Chinese economy recovering from COVID-19? Can it bounce back more quickly compared with countries that are still in lockdown? We caught up with Michael Pettis, Professor of Management Practice, Guanghua School of Management at Peking University on the state of the Chinese economy and his latest book, co-authored with Matt Klein "Trade Wars are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace."

There has been a structural change between the Dragon and the Eagle. The COVID-19 global pandemic has recently added new complications to the world’s most important bilateral relationship. AmCham’s Margaret Loo caught up with Robert Daly, the Director of the Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson Center to gain the on the ground insight of COVID-19 and implications for US-China Relations.

As the COVID-19 situation is drastically escalating in the US, the world’s largest economy is in free fall. The US government has employed both fiscal and monetary policy tools in unprecedented ways to save the economy. AmCham’s Margaret Loo spoke with David Wessel, Director of the Hutchins Center at Brookings on the economic impact of COVID-19.

AmCham’s Margaret Loo sat down with Professor Ezra Vogel, one of the most respective scholar on East Asia, to discuss the trilateral US-China-Japan relationships and the Greater Bay Area.

Two democratic frontrunners have prevailed after a consequential Super Tuesday. Who will be the likely Democratic presidential nominee to take on Donald Trump, the incumbent president, this November? We spoke with Steve Okun, who served in the Clinton administration from 1994-1999 on the results from Super Tuesday and what they mean for the remainder of the presidential race.

AmCham spoke with Owen Haacke, Chief Representative at the Shanghai office of the US-China Business Council, on the business impact of COVD-19 on American business on the ground and implications for US-China trade relations.

Deloitte China Chief Economist Sitao Xu recently came to AmCham. AmCham Board Member Ben Simpfendorfer caught up with him to discuss China’s economic outlook and its reform in the new decade.

AmCham’s Margaret Loo sat down with Craig Allen, President of the US-China Business Council, to discuss the pending US-China trade deal, the subsequent trade negotiations and the implications for businesses.

"We believe that China is approximately five years ahead of any other major retail market in terms of its modernization and its innovation." Tomorrow Retail Consulting's Jordan Berke shares with us the three drivers that are pushing forward China's advancement in the retail industry, and how these trends affect our view of the world.

Kathy Matsui, the Goldman banker who coined the phrase, says attitudes towards gender and work have profoundly shifted as policy, demographics and the boom in responsible investing add weight to the business case for diversity and equality.

AmCham’s Margaret Loo sat down with Professor Michael Enright, who recently led a 9-month research study on the Greater Bay Area, to discuss the business opportunities and potential challenges.

Sir Gordon Wu returns to AmCham HK to share his insights on the Greater Bay Area and Hong Kong's place in China's future

Jim McGregor, a veteran China watcher who has lived in China for 30 years, spoke to AmCham members on the latest development in US-China relations. AmCham’s Margaret Loo caught up with Jim to learn more.

37th governor of California Gray Davis came to AmCham HK and gave members his views on the 2020 US Presidential election. We sat down with Governor Davis to give us the latest updates on the presidential race.

AmCham HK just hosted a timely discussion on the latest US-China Trade Talks, a day before Chinese Chief Trade Negotiator & Vice Premier Liu He flies to Washington D.C. for a new round of trade talks. We caught up with Owen Haacke, Chief Representative at the Shanghai office of the US-China Business Council, to gain some perspective from the ground of what is happening.

A vote to authorize the Iraq war, a rocky time for the stock market, and slow economic growth marked a period of peak uncertainty for the US in 2002. Steve Forbes, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine and erstwhile presidential candidate, shares his robust views on taxes and wealth creation, the errors of central bankers and the prospects of war with Iraq at an event hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong on September 5, 2002.

The 90-day trade war truce between the US and China will end on March 1. Can the two countries strike a deal to end the dispute or does an ‘Economic Iron Curtain’ loom for the world’s two biggest economies? In light of the latest Sino-US tension, AmCham’s Margaret Loo spoke with Steve Vickers, CEO at Steve Vickers Associates, to hear his prognosis on the wider implications for businesses.

A snippet from former governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten’s 1997 speech at a luncheon hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce. Patten talks about Hong Kong’s achievements, its economy and the importance of maintaining the city’s business-friendly environment in the face of increasing political pressure in Asia.