Win or lose, Trump won't dent US biz in Asia: Wagar
Win or lose, Trump won't dent US biz in Asia: Wagar The US private sector will not sever seven decades of investment in Southeast Asia because of who occupies the White House, said US ambassador to Singapore Kirk Wagar . Acknowledging a high number of inquiries generated by Donald Trump's presidential bid, Wagar said while his country's democratic process was noisy, it had built-in checks and balances. "The one that is always forgotten is the private sector," Wagar said in an interview on Saturday on the sidelines of the annual Shangri-La security dialogue in Singapore. Estimating that around 50 million Southeast Asian citizens had either worked for or had interaction with a US company over the last 70 years, Wagar said he did not "think that the chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft, of Facebook or General Motors is going to decide on their investment strategy on whether Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump are president....