Trumponomics 2.0: U.S. Economic Strategy & Global Impact

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Since President Trump took office earlier this year, his administration has introduced a range of economic policies aimed at stimulating economic growth through tax cuts, deregulation, and a renewed focus on American manufacturing. A key focus of the administration’s economic agenda is trade and tariffs. After a series of announcements, delays, and temporary suspensions, tariff measures took effect in August for most trading partners. With ongoing U.S.-China trade negotiations and pending legal challenges, the landscape remains uncertain. How are these economic policies impacting the U.S. economy and markets? What are the broader implications for global trade and economic relations, particularly with Japan? In this program, leading experts examine recent developments, explore how the administration’s economic priorities are affecting countries and businesses, and offer insights into how these policies may shape the future global landscape.

Speakers

Bruce Kasman
Global Head of Economic Research, J.P. Morgan
Bruce Kasman is a Managing Director and the Chief Economist for J.P. Morgan. He serves as Global Head of Economic Research, where he is responsible for leading a team of more than thirty economists worldwide that set the firm’s economic and policy views. Mr. Kasman and his team integrate detailed country analysis with a top-down approach that views the global economy as a whole. J.P. Morgan’s global economics team has consistently received high rankings in investor polls and has been ranked #1 in the Institutional Investor global fixed income poll for five consecutive years (2019-2023). Mr. Kasman joined J.P. Morgan in 1994 and was Head of European Economic Research from 1996 to 1999. Prior to J.P. Morgan, he was Senior International Economist at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Kasman started his career at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the International Research Department. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University.

Makoto Kasai
General Manager for the Americas, Bank of Japan
Makoto Kasai is General Manager for the Americas of the Bank of Japan. He is responsible for assessing the economies and analyzing policy development mainly in the U.S. but also in the other countries of the region through collecting on-the-ground information. He is also in charge of promoting better understanding of Japanese economy and the Bank of Japan’s policies. Mr. Kasai joined the Bank in 1995 and assumed pivotal managerial positions in Financial System Department, Research and Statistics Department, and Monetary Affairs Department. He was Senior Secretary to the former Governor Kuroda from March 2013 to September 2016 when the Bank adopted extraordinary monetary easing. He also worked for the OECD as Economist at the Economics Department from September 2016 to May 2018, and was a regular contributor to its flagship report, Economic Outlook. Mr. Kasai received his MBA from the Georgetown University and his BA in Law from the University of Tokyo.

Anna Wong
Chief U.S. Economist, Bloomberg Economics
Anna Wong is Chief US Economist for Bloomberg Economics. Previously, she was principal economist at the Federal Reserve Board, chief international economist at White House Council of Economic Advisors, and Deputy Direct of Office of International Economics Analysis at US Treasury. She was recognized as one of 13 “Oracles of Wall Street” by Business Insider in 2023, and frequently appeared in financial media. She received her PhD in Economics from University of Chicago and Bachelor from UC Berkeley.


Moderator

Jason Rekate
Co-Head of Corporate Banking, Citi
Jason Rekate is Head of Corporate Banking. In this role, Mr. Rekate manages all aspects of Citi’s leading Corporate Bank, which provides the highest quality corporate banking solutions to the world’s most important corporates, financial institutions and governments. Mr. Rekate has worked in Citi since 2002 with previous coverage banking roles in New York, Paris, Zurich, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Japan. Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Rekate was Co-Head of Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory Japan. He was also Japan Head of Corporate Banking, a role he assumed September 1, 2016. He was a Deputy President of Citigroup Global Markets Japan (CGMJ) and an Executive Officer of both CGMJ and Citibank, N.A., Tokyo Branch. Mr. Rekate was Head of Global Capital Management for Asia Pacific (including Japan) based in Hong Kong in 2014 – 2016. In that role, he was responsible for Citi’s allocation of capital through extensions of credit to Citi’s Institutional Clients Group clients across the region. He also managed the Asia Pacific leveraged finance portfolio of clients and had oversight responsibility for the China Corporate Banking Corporate Finance team. Mr. Rekate graduated from Wesleyan University with B.A. in English Literature & Spanish and earned a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International & Public Affairs and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He is married with two daughters.


Agenda
6:30 – 6:45pm: Keynote Remark 
6:45 – 7:45pm: Panel Discussion and Q&A 
7:45 – 8:15pm: Reception

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