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PUBLISHER & CEO Val Thompson 42 - Business The New COVID-19 Environment By: Lilith Kirsh B.S., M.S., M.B.A., iHR .................................... American Manufacturers Can Grow Export Sales with Support from the U.S. Government By: James Burrows Senior Vice President, Office of Small Business, EXIM .................................... New Leadership Paradigm During and After COVID-19 By: Russell Richard .................................... Poem: Leadership Speaks By: Russell Richard .................................... Major Economic Challenges Facing East Asian Countries By: Tongxin Zhu .................................... Victor Bonner, Jr., CHB-MBA Global Management By: Heidi Powell-Prera EDITOR IN CHIEF Heidi Powell GRAPHIC DESIGNER Craig L. Amos PHOTOGRAPHERS Vicky Pink (cover page) Kathy Fan Kevin Li DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Sonia Guimbellot ASSOCIATE EDITORS Anita Long Sandy Bernstein SOCIAL EDITOR Annie Wang David Ng CONTRIBUTING WRITERS / REPORTERS Heidi Powell CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Lilit Kirsh T.Jenese Thompson NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT Washington DC, Bureau Yining Zou Tongxin Zhu 58 - The Last Word From the Publisher, Val Thompson Copyright© 2020 International Focus Magazine. All rights reserved. No part of this bookFebruary be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems. iF logo is protected through copyright registration in the United States. We welcome your comments and suggestions, please send to: [email protected] iF Magazine | www.iFMagazine.net 5