Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUL 2019年7月 亞博匯 68 “This is also probably my seventh trip to Asia – I’ve been to Singapore, mainland China and Hong Kong a number of times – and my previous experience in this region has been around understanding the challenges and opportunities that American companies have faced locating in, manufacturing in, doing business in China and the rest of Asia. “In terms of understanding the issues facing companies in China, it’s always been with the perspective of someone who has represented the interests of American companies. “I’m well associates with the trade issues and spent many years meeting with government officials on the mainland and in Hong Kong both before and after the handover, so I absolutely feel this is an incredibly complex, incredibly vibrant part of the world and specifically as it relates to China and China’s role economically, politically and strategically. It is as interesting place as there is in the world.” While US-China trade tensions have piqued over the last 12 months, it was Miller – as SVP for Political Affairs & Federation Relations and National Political Director for the US Chamber of Commerce between 1999 and 2011 – who lobbied to have China admitted to the World Trade Organisation in 2001 in what he describes as “a very difficult but important fight.” More recently he found himself representing 204 CEOs of Fortune 500 companies as Senior Vice President of the Business Roundtable – an association aimed at analysing and affecting US government policy Bill Miller will represent the interests of US operators in their pursuit of a Japan IR license. Miller此番將代表美國運營商，為他們去爭取競拍日本IR牌照的利益。 IN FOCUS