Trump’s Asia Trip: What Changed in Law, What Didn’t, and How to Plan Your Supply Chain The short version President Trump’s trip produced three practical outcomes for companies that buy or sell internationally. First, the United States and Vietnam, and the United States and Thailand, announced trade deal frameworks that set baseline tariff rates and
Why It’s Usually Better to Sign a New Contract in China Than to Add an Amendment When working with Chinese manufacturers or other counterparties, foreign companies often ask our China business lawyers whether they can amend an existing contract instead of signing a new one. On paper, an amendment sounds efficient. In practice, it usually
Technology licensing lets you sell into China without a physical presence. Here is a 2025 playbook for diligence, export controls, IP protection, payment verification, and negotiating tactics that actually work.
FAQ: What Foreign Companies Need to Know About China’s 2025 Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL) This post follows our comprehensive analysis of the 2025 AUCL reforms in “China’s 2025 AUCL: Executive Liability and Global Reach.” If you haven’t read it yet, start there. It explains the law’s long-arm reach, new personal liability for executives, and why
China’s 2025 Competition Law Creates Executive Liability and Extraterritorial Reach On October 15, 2025, China’s revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL) will take effect, ushering in the most significant overhaul of China’s market regulation in nearly a decade. I began my legal career doing antitrust work at Kirkland & Ellis, so when China first rolled out
Serving Process on Chinese Defendants: Hague Service in China and the New Rules on Judgment Enforcement An American company spent years litigating a breach of contract case against a Shenzhen supplier. They won. Then a Chinese court refused to recognize and enforce the judgment because service of process was invalid under the Hague Service Convention.
China Manufacturing Risks in 2025: Why They’re Worse Than Ever The New Reality of Manufacturing in China Twelve months ago, a U.S. company wired $800,000 to a trusted Chinese supplier it had worked with for years. The factory never shipped a single product. Instead, it shut its doors, the owner disappeared, leaving the American company
International Business Scams: How to Spot Overseas Fraud
Contract Enforcement in China: What Works and What Doesn’t Our clients will sometimes tell us that they view contract enforcement in China as impossible. They’re partly right. Enforcing contracts in China is complicated, unpredictable, and very different than in the West. But that doesn’t mean that contracts with Chinese companies are useless. It just means
Why Your China Software IP Strategy Is Probably Wrong (And How to Fix It) It started as a routine partnership. A fast-growing American software company needed a trusted partner in Shenzhen to manufacture its new IoT device. Eighteen months into the relationship, an email arrived with a link to a demo at a major tech
