Are you currently sourcing products from China or Southeast Asia? Though these regions have long been popular choices for businesses seeking cost-effective manufacturing, it’s time to consider Mexico as an alternative. Mexico has emerged as a top destination for global trade, attracting companies with its favorable business practices, vibrant culture, and strategic location. In this
I am lately getting a ton of calls from reporters wanting examples of companies leaving China because of its increasingly oppressive cybersecurity, data security and counter-espionage laws. When I tell them I have no such examples, they are surprised. I then explain how companies tend to believe they are capable of navigating such things and
China’s economy and its manufacturing are in what is increasingly looking like a long-term decline. I attribute most of this to two things that will almost certainly continue to worsen: geopolitics and demographics. On the geopolitical front, Blinken did JUST meet with Xi and they said nice things that will reduce the likelihood of war,
In August, 2019 — in Hong Kong for International Business: Stick a Fork in It, I wrote how Hong Kong’s days as Asia’s leading international business hub were over and I made the following predictions: Companies that were deciding between Hong Kong or Singapore for their Asian headquarters would choose somewhere other than Hong Kong. Growing companies
فاز محامونا المتخصصون في العلامات التجارية الدولية مؤخرًا باستئناف ضد قرار رفض سابق لطلب تسجيل علامة تجارية في الصين. وتُظهر هذه القضية الاستراتيجيات المعقدة التي غالبًا ما يتطلبها تأمين الحماية للعلامات التجارية في الصين. ونظرًا لأن تنفيذ هذه الاستراتيجيات قد يستغرق وقتًا، فمن المرجح أن تحقق العلامات التجارية التي تتبنى منظورًا طويل الأمد نتائج أفضل.
On May 31, 2023, the Coalition for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags, consisting primarily of Novolex Holdings (“Novolex”) and the union workers at the U.S. paper shopping bag manufacturing facilities, filed antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petitions against Paper Shopping Bags from nine countries. China is the largest exporter of the subject shopping bags,
ينبغي عمومًا تجنب إدراج اللون في طلبات تسجيل العلامات التجارية. وللتوضيح، هناك حالات يكون فيها إدراج اللون في طلب تسجيل العلامة التجارية أمرًا منطقيًا، لكن هذه الحالات ليست شائعة. علاوة على ذلك، قد يتسبب إدراج اللون في مشاكل مستقبلية، إذا توقفت عن استخدام علامتك التجارية بالشكل الذي سُجلت به بالضبط. إدراج لون أو ألوان
Polysilicon is a pure form of silicon and an essential element in the supply chain of solar photovoltaics, which harness solar power. Roughly 80 percent of the world’s polysilicon comes from China. The United States Geological Survey describes rare earths as follows: The rare earths are a relatively abundant group of 17 elements composed of scandium,
By Tom McVey & Ngosong Fonkem* If your company is doing business with a Chinese company, it is essential to be aware of the risks associated with prohibited parties under U.S. export control and sanctions laws. The United States has strict regulations prohibiting U.S. companies from engaging with certain foreign individuals and entities. These include
Earlier this month I testified before the U.S. Congress’s U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission regarding Rule by Law in China. Go here if you wish to see my testimony and/or the full day of testimony given by various far more expert China law professors. This is the third time I’ve testified before a Congressional
