Matt Pottinger, Deputy Assistant to President Trump Meets AMCHAM Members

AMCHAM hosted a working lunch with Matt Pottinger, Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asia at the National Security Council (NSC), and Brenan Richards, Director for Southeast Asia, NSC on June 20 at AMCHAM Executive Office.

Senior leadership from AMCHAM member companies were joined by H.E. Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir, U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia, and her team at the Embassy, for an insightful discussion on U.S. foreign policy. Matt shared the U.S. Administration’s vision for a ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’, and emphasized how Malaysia can leverage its strong existing supply chain networks and robust intellectual property regime to take advantage of new opportunities within the global supply chain.