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Mark R. Kennedy

Strategic Competition: Economic

Economic Engagement with the Indo-Pacific

Research Focus

Enhance mutually beneficial trade, while reducing vulnerabilities in each other’s supply chains.

Featured Media

A CONVERSATION ON THE INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK WITH SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GINA RAIMONDO

WILSON CENTER EVENT - JULY 25, 2023

THE INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK (IPEF) - PRIVATE SECTOR PERSPECTIVES

MODERATING WILSON CENTER PANEL - JULY 25, 2023

360° VIEW OF SECRETARY RAIMONDO'S RECENT VISIT TO CHINA

WILSON CENTER POLICY BRIEF - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Events and Publications

Partners in the Indo-Pacific: US Policy in the Next Administration

WILSON CENTER PANELIST - DECEMBER 9, 2024
Panel includes Park Jin, Former Foreign Minister, Republic of Korea.

Biden, Xi to Meet in Peru following Trump Election Win

INTERVIEW ON NEWSNATION - NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Advancing Both National Security and Economic Diplomacy in the Developing World

WILSON CENTER POLICY BRIEF WITH COURTNEY FINGAR - OCTOBER 29, 2024
Courtney Fingar and I contend that restrictions on exports to protect security must be paired with opening markets for our tech products to both retain global leadership and advance economic development.

Roundtable Discussion with Australia's Lowy Institute

Wilson Center - September 23, 2024
With Rory Linehan, Sam Barr, Roland Rajah, Alexandre Dayant, Dr. Prashanth Parameswaran, Chell Lyons and Jeff Kucik.

Roundtable with Japan International Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka

WILSON CENTER INDO-PACIFIC PROGRAM - SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

US - Japan Information-Communications Technology R&D Collaboration

NICT Forum - Washington DC - September 18, 2024

A New Development Model for Vietnam in the New Economic Era

Central Theoretical Council - Hanoi, Vietnam - September 6, 2024
Discussed how best to implement the country's new Digitization and Artifical Intelligence Plans.

Discussing Economic Collaboration with Vietnam's Khanh Hoa Province

Meetings with Province Leadership - September 4, 2024
Wilson Center - Wahba Institute Collaboration with the Boston Global Forum.

Indo-Pacific Spark Initiative

KTV Interview - Nha Trang, Vietnam - September 2, 2024
It was a pleasure to join Tuan Nguyen, CEO of Global Forum, in Nha Trang, Vietnam for a talk show discussion on our collaboration to chart a path for closer economic ties between Vietnam and the US and allied nations.

Lam-Xi meeting suggests Vietnam's supply chain balance tilting toward China

Quoted in Voice of America Article - August 22, 2024
Kennedy said, “A sounder path for Vietnam is to develop its own manufacturing capabilities that rely on supply chains from a diversified group of nations” other than China.

DISCUSSION WITH VIETNAM POLITBURO MEMBER ON AI STRATEGIES AND TECH DEVELOPMENT

INDO-PACIFIC SPARK PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH BOSTON GLOBAL FORUM - AUGUST 2, 2024
Profesor Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, a member of Vietnam's Politburo and Chairman of the Central Theory Council (middle), Boston Global Forum CEO Tuan Nguyen (right) and Vietnam's Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dzung (left)

PRC CHALLENGES AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES IN EURASIA

PANELIST FOR DEPARTMENT OF STATE / USAID WORKSHOP - APRIL 22, 2024

SOUTH KOREA MINISTER OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND ENERGY

WILSON CENTER BRIEFING WITH MINISTER AHN DUK-GUEN - APRIL 10, 2024

US INFRASTRUCTURE INTERESTS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC

POLICY BRIEF WITH SAM BARR - MARCH 21, 2024

HOW US AND SOUTH KOREA OPTIMALLY PARTNER IN STRATEGIC COMPETITION

VOA KOREA INTERVIEW - DECEMBER 2, 2023

ROUNDTABLE WITH SINGAPORE BASED THINK TANK

EXCHANGE OF IDEAS WITH RAJARATNAM SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (RSIS), NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY - NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Shown with the Wilson Center's Robert Daly and Sinderpal Singh is Senior Fellow and Assistant Director, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

ROUNDTABLE WITH TAIWAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

WILSON CENTER COLLABORATION - NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Conversation on Economic Development of Taiwan and the partnership with the United States with Dr. Ko-Hsiung, Lien - Director, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research Research Division VIII and our mutual colleagues.

360° VIEW OF SECRETARY RAIMONDO'S RECENT VISIT TO CHINA

WILSON CENTER POLICY BRIEF - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

RAIMONDO: COUNTRIES THAT FLOUT IPEF RULES WON’T ‘SEE THE BENEFITS’

WORLD TRADE ONLINE ARTICLE - JULY 26, 2023
The panel moderator, Mark Kennedy, director of the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition at the Wilson Center, noted that the supply chain pillar agreement announced in May still was undergoing “legal scrubbing” and that it was not known whether it would include a dispute resolution mechanism, among other outstanding questions.

THE INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK (IPEF) - PRIVATE SECTOR PERSPECTIVES

MODERATING WILSON CENTER PANEL - JULY 25, 2023

A CONVERSATION ON THE INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK WITH SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GINA RAIMONDO

WILSON CENTER EVENT - JULY 25, 2023

BUILDING A FREE AND OPEN PACIFIC

MEETING WITH AUSTRALIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT COMMISSION IN CANBERRA - JULY 4, 2023

STRENGTHENING TIES WITH AUSTRALIA

MEETING WITH AMCHAM-AUSTRALIA IN SYDNEY - JULY 3, 2023

STRENGTHENING ASEAN ECONOMIC TIES

MEETING WITH AMCHAM SINGAPORE - JUNE 27, 2023

INDIA'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM: BUILDING THE FOUNDATION FOR STRONG AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

WILSON CENTER EVENT - APRIL 25, 2023

GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGIC COMPETITION IS A TEAM SPORT

OP ED IN THE HILL - NOVEMBER 5, 2022

'INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IS IN CLEAR VIOLATION OF KORUS FTA'

QUOTED IN KOREAN TIMES - SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
"I am pleased that the Biden administration has agreed to discuss South Korea's concerns regarding the Inflation Reduction Act," he said in an email interview with The Korea Times. "Just as America wants to ensure that others abide by the terms of trade agreements, it is important that America does so as well."

NAVIGATING A CHAOTIC GLOBAL SITUATION

SPEECH - JAPAN'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 TOKYO

JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE

ADDRESS TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS - APRIL 29, 2015

HOSTING BANK OF JAPAN GOVERNOR HARUHIKO KURODA

ECONOMIC CLUB OF MINNESOTA - APRIL 19, 2015