November 11, 2024
The Trump presidency will reshape the United States relationship with the rest of the world. Changes from the current administration will be abrupt, with a long list of campaign promises revolving around ending the war in Ukraine, immigration reform, tariffs, and much more. In this article in the Silicon Valley Business Journal, Sean Randolph, Senior Director of the Institute, puts aside the strategic issues and details early takeaways on the economic side of the incumbent administration.
August 5, 2024
The worldwide shift of production is fully underway as companies with global operations diversify their sourcing and work to manage risk. A trend for several years, this has become a flow. A less hospitable environment in China and tensions in US-China relations are a driver, but so is the need to reduce dependence on any one country (a problem laid bare by China’s pandemic shutdowns) and a desire to bring production closer to home. In this article in the Silicon Valley Business Journal, Sean Randolph, Senior Director of the Institute, details the three prime destinations for production for the U.S. which include India, Mexico, and Southeast Asia.
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June 25, 2023
As Mexico’s strategic importance to the U.S. grows, its newly elected president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has an opportunity to deepen the economic relationship and with-it prosperity in both countries. In this article in the Silicon Valley Business Journal, Sean Randolph, Senior Director of the Institute, details the vision and what the future can hold between the two nations and the greater North America.
March 6, 2023
The Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference was a pivotal event for the Bay Area and San Francisco. With the City in the world spotlight for the first time since the founding of the United Nations in 1945, San Francisco was given the prime opportunity to showcase its strengths and change the doom-loop media narrative. At APEC’s Biden-Xi summit President Xi hailed “the San Francisco Vision” as a reset in the relationship. In this article in the Silicon Valley Business Journal, Sean Randolph, Senior Director of the Institute, describes the vision and what the future can hold between the two nations.