What does Asia’s next chapter mean for Australian boards and businesses? View from Asia
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What does Asia’s next chapter mean for Australian boards and businesses? View from Asia

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 13, 202626 min
  • Interview
  • Business & money

In this episode of View from Asia, Mallesons International Director David Olsson AM shares a conversation originally recorded for the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ Director Download podcast. David explores how Australian businesses can build the capability to turn access to Asian markets into opportunity, strengthen resilience and navigate the region’s evolving geopolitical and regulatory landscape. Topics discussed include: Building capability to turn market access into opportunityDiversifying supply chains and strengthening resilienceASEAN’s digital transformation, including the Digital Economy Framework AgreementWhy Asia cannot be treated as a single marketNavigating geopolitical and regulatory risk, and th...

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Hello and thanks for joining us for today's special episode of View from Asia. I'm David Olsen, International Director at Malissons. In this episode, we're sharing a conversation I recently had with the Australian Institute of Company Directors for its Director Download podcast series.

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We discussed the changes underway across Asia, what they mean for Australian businesses, and some of the implications for boards. I hope you enjoyed the discussion. coming up on today's Director Download.

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We've got this massive number of trade agreements, some bilateral, some regional, some plurilateral, that provide access to all of the markets in the Asian region.

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