Tag Archives: China

Patiently Watching India’s Rise

I started off the morning at a breakfast forum titled "Are You Ready for Asia," and the discussion was promising and highly optimistic about global business opportunities in the region. India is still growing at a 7.50-percent rate (with some individual states at 10 percent) and China is cooling off at 8 percent. One panelist pledged that India will spend $1 trillion on infrastructure in the next 6-8 years. When the issue of the mulitbrand retail rollout and abrupt pull-back was raised to a prominent Indian business leader, he confidently predicted that this proposal (allowing retail companies like WalMart to enter into the market) would be re-visited and subsequently passed in six months. While this would be great news, it underscores the lessons of practicing patience, doing your political due diligence, and realizing the volatility in the environment for these major transactions.
Posted on January 26, 2012 By Tim Roemer
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Musings on What’s Next in Clean Tech Innovation

This week I attended the Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance’s Clean Tech Showcase, where more than 700 representatives from the public and private sector gathered to discuss what’s next in clean tech innovation and the impact of evolving policies on the scaling up of new green technologies. While the event’s focus was on the Sacramento area, the intel shared resonates far beyond the region. Here is what I was still thinking about the next day:
Posted on October 27, 2011 By Virtual Vantage Points
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Syria’s Double Diplomatic Muscle

Harkening back to the grand old days of Sino-Soviet diplomatic chicanery, Moscow and Beijing yesterday jointly vetoed a watered-down United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Syria for its escalating brutality against democracy protestors. With the draft resolution in the diplomatic oven for months as violence throughout Syria escalated, the pitiful display of international indifference to the plight of the Syrian people says a lot about who is on what side of Arabs seeking greater freedom. Memo to the Syrian people: It's Russian-built tanks and military aircraft which are targeting you.
Posted on October 6, 2011 By Marc Ginsberg
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Impact of the U.S.-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue

Government leaders from the United States and China wrapped up the third session of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) last week in Washington, D.C. Dr. Ira Kasoff is a senior counselor at APCO Worldwide and a former deputy assistant secretary for East Asia at the U.S. Department of Commerce who participated in previous SEDs and S&EDs. He drafted an analysis piece on his impressions of this year's meeting and the potential implications of China's commitments to improve military relations, strengthen intellectual property rights protection and encourage capital investment.
Posted on May 16, 2011 By International Advisory Council
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The Post Election Foreign Policy Hangover

Yes, Obama is still Commander in Chief, and yes, the U.S. remains the world's sole superpower, but while foreign policy played nary a role in the midterm elections, the foreign policy fallout from the election drubbing is unavoidable. Every foreign journalist, every adversary, and every ally will be reading the tea leaves to make their own assessment how badly Obama was damaged by his party's loss of political and popular support, and either take it in stride, or dangerously miscalculate. Clearly, it's the latter problem that can have adverse consequences.
Posted on November 2, 2010 By Marc Ginsberg
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