US firms will invest in Asia no matter who the US president is: panellists

That's because the region is a growth engine; the panellists also say it's too early to predict how the US under Donald Trump will pan out

Lee U-Wen

Published Wed, Nov 16, 2016 · 09:50 PM

Donald Trump

Singapore

THE surprise election of billionaire tycoon Donald Trump as the next US president and the possible impact of his new administration on South-east Asia took centre stage at a business forum here on Wednesday.

While some speakers sounded a cautionary tone, saying that it was still too early to predict how Mr Trump's first term would pan out, others stressed that they expected American companies to continue investing in Asia for years to come.

They were speaking on the second and final day of the Outlook 2017 …