Global Member Meetup: Trump 2.0: What to Expect
23 January 2025
Virtual
With the start of President Trump’s second term, global investors are preparing for US tariffs and investment restrictions, increasing antagonism in US-China relations, and an America First foreign policy which portends changing US relations across the globe.
This Global Member Meet Up will feature firsthand insights from a Trump White House veteran and a former top US diplomat in Hong Kong. Members will be invited to ask questions and share comments in a moderated discussion.
Featured Members
Kate Kalutkiewicz
Kate Kalutkiewicz served as Special Assistant to President Trump and Senior Director for International Trade at the National Economic Council, where she developed and led US trade policy initiatives. Before serving in the White House, she was the Senior Trade Representative at the US Mission to the European Union from 2016-2020, having begun her career as USTR in 2007. She now serves as Senior Managing Director and leads the trade practice at McLarty Associates.
Kurt Tong
Ambassador Kurt Tong served as the US Consul General and Chief of Mission in Hong Kong and Macau, US Ambassador to APEC and as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs amongst other roles in his 30-year career at the State Department, including postings in China, Japan, the Philippines and South Korea. He is now the Managing Partner at The Asia Group.
Steve Okun
Steven Okun serves since 2017 as Senior Advisor for SE Asia for GPCA. He served in the Clinton Administration as Deputy General Counsel at the US Department of Transportation. Living in Singapore since 2003, he created public affairs for both UPS and KKR, served five terms as Chair of the AmChams of Asia Pacific and is now CEO of APAC Advisors.
Building on the success of GPCA’s Leadership Councils, Member Meetups have been designed to connect private capital players – including fund, institutional, corporate and development finance investors – for unscripted sharing on market trends around the world.