2004 Sportfishing Summit
Advancing an Angling Agenda
Doing Business in China
Michael Colopy
International Commerce Consultants Incorporated
By request of ASA’s members, China expert, Michael Colopy, returned
to the 2004 Summit for a second year to speak on the emergence of China
and America's role in the world. His remarks focused on China and how
the country’s history has shaped its culture and business philosophy.
He advised the audience that when doing business with China, it is the
relationship which counts the most. According to Colopy, the touchstone
of doing business in China is to remember that “good relationships
lead to good deals, not the other way around.”
A graduate of Princeton University, Colopy began his career as an aide
in the U.S. House and Senate interpreting complex international issues
for Members of Congress in ways they could explain to their constituents.
He has advised major U.S. corporations such as GE, BellSouth, ECI, Corning
and many smaller enterprises on China's political and economic agenda,
anticipating and interpreting events. In 1992, Colopy became a partner
at the legislative and international trade firm, O'Connor & Hannan,
the first non-lawyer, as the Wall Street Journal noted, to be
elected a general partner in a U.S. law firm.
What members may not know is that Colopy is also a wildlife photographer,
whose work spans two decades of natural history documentary work for
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as well as providing images widely
used by federal, state, academic and civic organizations.
Colopy’s remarks during the 2004 Sportfishing
Summit (approximately 90 minutes) are available on CD to ASA members.
Please contact Mary Jane
Williamson, ASA Communications Director,
to request a copy. Please include your name, mailing address, phone number
and e-mail address.
