Kurt Tong is managing partner at strategic advisory firm The Asia Group in Washington and a member of the advisory board of the American Association of the Indo-Pacific. He was previously a senior U.S. diplomat handling Indo-Pacific economic affairs.
Some of the economic shocks of the past few years -- the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's war in Ukraine and the general deterioration of international trade norms -- have certainly been wrenching.
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