KWR International

KWR International is a consulting firm specializing in business development, research and communications services with an emphasis on the Asia/Pacific region.

[Shashank Mattoo @MattooShashank]

Ex-Singapore Ambassador on the rise of India:

The West crazily assumed that the rest of the world would become replicas of the West. That was arrogant and a major strategic mistake. The West went to sleep just as civilizations like India and China were waking up and rising.

[Rony @Ronycoder]

This 2 hour Harvard interview with Lee Kuan Yew, the man who turned Singapore from a tiny island into one of the richest nations on Earth, will teach you more about leadership, discipline, and nation-building than most business books ever will.

[GlobalTrendInvestor @GlobalTrendInv]

Insightful analysis highlighting increased importance of international portfolio exposure outside US.

https://t.co/kYL1CN3bt3

[Dave Keating @DaveKeating]

A continent divided into many states with different languages, histories & religions - overcoming their differences and uniting into one federation.

A pipe dream for Europe? No. It's the modern reality of India. And it shows it can be done.

Me on 🇪🇺🇮🇳: https://t.co/bRSFEpVFDV

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

Rare earths whoosh:

PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERED THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT AND THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE TO NEGOTIATE AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN SUPPLIERS TO REDUCE U.S. RELIANCE ON IMPORTED PROCESSED CRITICAL MINERALS, CITING NATIONAL SECURITY RISKS.

THE WHITE HOUSE DECLARED U.S. DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN PROCESSING OF RARE EARTHS, LITHIUM, COBALT, AND OTHER CRITICAL MINERALS A STRATEGIC VULNERABILITY FOR DEFENSE, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY SECTORS.

TRUMP INVOKED HIS AUTHORITY UNDER SECTION 232 TO MONITOR AND ADJUST IMPORTS OF CRITICAL MINERALS AND OVERRIDE PREVIOUS ORDERS IF NEEDED TO PROTECT DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAINS AND MILITARY READINESS

[KWR International @kwrintl]

Kaiser Kuo: The Great Reckoning - WHAT THE WEST SHOULD LEARN FROM #CHINA https://t.co/6ZjpYxY5ZP

[Michael Pettis @michaelxpettis]

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Kenneth Rogoff says: "There is, for example, a terrific chapter in which Ray Dalio brutally critiques Japanese policymakers for failing to force debt writedowns after the country’s early 1990s financial crisis.'

https://t.co/qa7GgWqAwr via @ft

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

Listen to the head of the Port of Los Angeles.

No single person is getting more real time data about the economy than this guy.

He says we are fucked.

[MyanmarBizDev @MyanmarBizDev]

Myanmar Earthquake Analysis

Neither side of Myanmar’s curent political divide has risen to task of capably addressing crisis. The real response—the one saving lives—is coming from citizen-led grassroots initiatives & independent NGOs stepping into vacuum. https://t.co/796l0I4JGL

[KWR International @kwrintl]

Prejudice And China - Gavekal Research https://t.co/wEt2j9T48K

[KWR International @kwrintl]

Wherever one is on political spectrum the practice of journalism, communications and PR has clearly changed!

[Jeremy Boissinot @JeremyBssnt]

The establishment's worst nightmare isn't Donald Trump.

It's his teenage son.

With ONE decision he sent the mainstream media scrambling.

Here's how an 18-year-old just outsmarted every political expert:

[Ole Lehmann @itsolelehmann]

From 1950-1970, we revolutionized the physical world with commercial aviation, interstate highways, the space program, and massive energy projects.

From 1990-2024, we built better ways to share photos & endlessly scroll content? Not great.

But here's what's really frightening:

[KWR International @kwrintl]

While China certainly has its issues and struggles to adjust to shift away from supply chain globalization and more hostile trade environment- it would be a mistake to underestimate its global importance and potential!

[Alf @MacroAlf]

Something big is happening in China.

For the first time ever, 2-year government bond yields in China seem headed below 1%.

Thread.

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[KWR International @kwrintl]

Singapore's Bitcoin Boom Comes From Playing a Long Crypto Game - Bloomberg https://t.co/PcKaNWGdi6

[Theodoric Chew @theodoricchew]

Imagine turning a poor fishing village into one of the richest nations on Earth.

With no natural resources.

This is the story of how one man did exactly that:

[Bloomberg Markets @markets]

Korea's crisis is just a small part of the bigger picture, says @johnauthers, of beneficiaries of the postwar economic order cracking under pressure https://t.co/EWMtudNgiK

[Louis-Vincent Gave @gave_vincent]

Collapsing norms. It’s not just Korea.

[KWR International @kwrintl]

China-U.S. trade tensions put Mexico in election spotlight https://t.co/DeQbzC7CqV

[KWR International @kwrintl]

On top of that it requires development of engineering and processing capacity to utilize effectively!

[Chris Berry @cberry1]

Every so often an article like this is (re)published lamenting the state of affairs. The West will never beat China on price, so success depends on developing IP that we can protect as well as a much larger market where we leverage scale. https://t.co/15k9uUZk6c via @WSJ