Robert Grieves, Chairman of AmCham, discusses how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting US businesses in the city. He speaks with Haidi Stroud-Watts and Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg Markets: China Open."
(Source: Bloomberg)

On February 19, AmCham hosted a webinar hosting Prof. Keiji Fukuda on Zoom. This is the Chamber’s first online (and complimentary) event under the COVID-19 series and was attended by many of those who worked from home. Below are some of our key takeaways if you miss it. For access to a complete version of the post-webinar write up, join AmCham as a member today!

Emergency support to Hong Kong charities - The Covid-19 outbreak is severely affecting local charities and the most vulnerable groups they serve – including elderly, families in subdivided flats, and youths with disabilities, as they are in critical need of food, masks, anti-bacterial cleaning products, and daily necessities.

In response to the outbreak of the coronavirus identified in Wuhan, China, the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong surveyed its members on the impact of the epidemic on their business.

In view of the coronavirus outbreak, below are our precautionary measures at the Chamber: 

All events scheduled for the week of Feb 3 will be canceled. Please stay tuned for the arrangements of other events. 
Committee Chairs are encouraged to host their respective committee planning meetings via video teleconference. Contact us for assistance. 
AmCham has activated a “work from home“ policy ...

As we enter the new and challenging year of 2020, AmCham's Chairman Robert Grieves delivers his speech on AmCham's Key Priorities in 2020.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong wishes you a Happy Chinese New Year! We hope you have a wonderful long weekend ahead with your family and friends.

Please note the Chamber will be closed from January 27 to 29. We will resume regular business hours on Thursday, January 30.

With no clear winner after Phase I, both sides must come to the table with clearer objectives and a willingness to make major concessions if there is to be a lasting peace with benefits for all, veteran dealmaker Weijian Shan writes in Foreign Affairs

'Before the March 1st deadline, we’ll get some sort of deal. But it will probably be a weak deal and it won’t solve all the issues between China and the US'