Event Details

Please join us for the next event in our Virtual Doorknock Series, featuring Dr. Deborah Elms, Head of Trade Policy at the Heinrich Foundation.


Questions that will be discussed during the briefing include:

  • How should members prepare for the coming tariffs from the Trump Administration?
  • What authority does the President have to issue such tariffs? What is the process for doing so for each? What will be the impact of these tariffs on global trade?
  • What are the key takeaways from the America First Trade Policy notice issued on Jan 20?
  • What issues should AmChams around the region focus on in working with the Trump Administration and Congress?


This webinar is being held in association with the American Association of the Indo-Pacific (AAIP) and APAC Advisors (Singapore) and will be hosted by Steve Okun.


Event Details:

  • Date and Time: 10 - 11 AM, February 6, 2025 (China Time)
  • Format: Online
  • Language: English
  • Contacts: Yuhan Nie ynie@amchamchina.org


Notes:

  • This is a member-only event, and is off-the-record.
  • Approved registrants will be sent the webinar link shortly before the event.
  • Tickets are non-transferable.

Speakers

  • Deborah Elms (Head of Trade Policy at HINRICH FOUNDATION)

    Deborah Elms

    Head of Trade Policy at HINRICH FOUNDATION

    Dr. Elms is Head of Trade Policy at the Hinrich Foundation in Singapore. Prior to joining the Foundation, she was the Executive Director and Founder of the Asian Trade Centre (ATC). She was also President of the Asia Business Trade Association (ABTA) and the Board Director of the Asian Trade Centre Foundation (ATCF).

    Dr. Elms serves on the board of the Trade and Investment Negotiation Adviser (TINA) at the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific (UNESCAP). She was on the International Advisory Council for APCO (2021-2023) and was a member of the International Technical Advisory Committee of the Global Trade Professionals Alliance and Chair of the Working Group on Trade Policy and Law. She was also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Trade and Investment Council for 2018-2020.

    Prior to founding ATC/ATCF and the ABTA, she was head of the Temasek Foundation Centre for Trade & Negotiations (TFCTN) and Senior fellow of International Political Economy at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

    Dr. Elms received a PhD in political science from the University of Washington, an MA in International Relations from the University of Southern California, and bachelor’s degrees from Boston University.

    She is the author of numerous articles, editor of several books, and regularly published the Talking Trade Blog. Dr. Elms also routinely appears on television and in major newspapers and magazines around the world to comment on trade and economic issues. Dr. Elms also makes frequent appearances at a range of global trade and economic workshops, conferences, capacity building sessions, and negotiations.

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  • Steven Okun (Founder and CEO of APAC Advisors (Singapore))

    Steven Okun

    Founder and CEO of APAC Advisors (Singapore)

    Steven Okun, Founder and CEO of APAC Advisors and Senior Advisor to McLarty Associates, is a leader on corporate public affairs, ESG, sustainability, and stakeholder engagement. A 21-year resident of Singapore, he spent the first twelve years of his career in Washington, DC, including in the Administration of President Bill Clinton as Deputy General Counsel at the US Department of Transportation. As KKR’s first Director of Asia Public Affairs from 2011-2017, he was one of the first people in the region working on ESG in private capital. From 2003-2010, he created and led Public Affair for UPS Asia. An in-demand speaker in the corporate and the financial services sector, Steve also appears frequently across global media, provides the weekly International News Review for MONEY FM (Singapore) and contributes commentary to Nikkei Asia, The Straits Times, The Business Times, Eco-Business and Asia Times.

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