Southeast Asia is sometimes seen as playing second fiddle to its larger Northeast Asian neighbors like China and Japan, despite its massive economic power and market. In this episode, Executive Producer Lauren Dueck steps in for Mira for a conversation with TAG Partner Amb. Daniel Kritenbrink about how the region is navigating Trump-era trade disruption, tariffs, and transactional diplomacy, while balancing relationships with Washington and Beijing. The discussion explores why Southeast Asia matters to the global economy, how regional leaders engage the Trump administration, and what business leaders should watch next as supply chains, trade policy, and U.S.-China relations continue to evolve.
What Comes Next with Mira Rapp-Hooper is produced by Rivan Dwiastono, executive produced by Lauren Dueck, with editorial input from Prashant Jha. It contains music by Cody Martin via Soundstripe.
What Comes Next is a production of The Asia Group, and is powered by TAG AI, TAG's geopolitical decision engine for businesses.
