Mei Terasawa

Mar 23, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Jayant Menon |Walter Brenno Colnaghi |Mei Terasawa |Yves Tiberghien

While the rise in anti-globalisation sentiment may have preceded COVID-19, the pandemic reinforced it, leading to an increase in protectionism in East Asia and around the world. Many pandemic-era barriers to labour mobility have been slow to come down and, in some countries, have not been completely reversed.

Mar 22, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Kelly A. Grieco |Jennifer Kavanagh |Yves Tiberghien |Mei Terasawa

In Washington, a consensus is emerging that the time has come to choose security over economics — to ‘de-risk’ the economic relationship with China despite potentially high costs. Washington is pushing its allies and partners to make the same choice, putting security ahead of economic interests.

Mar 19, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Yves Tiberghien |Mei Terasawa |Phuc Tran |Dennis LC Weng

The AI and green technology revolutions have generated economic disruptions, with the potential to reshape economies, with a new set of winners and losers. The fiercest battlefield may be in Asia, given its central place in the world economy and geopolitical competition. Among the green tech sectors, three are leading the way — solar, wind and electric vehicles (EVs). Four-wheel EVs are a growing battlefield for competing industrial and environmental policies.