Mexico for China Managers, Part 5: The Three Types of China-Mexico Supply Chain Transitions
Are you a good candidate for moving your manufacturing from China to Mexico?
On the Importance of Having Your Overseas Manufacturing Contracts “Line Up” with Your Product Sales Agreements
The topic of this post is on the need to make sure your contracts with your overseas product manufacturers line up with your contracts with your product buyers.
China’s Blockchain Developments and Opportunities
Blockchain technologies are inherently international, and China has had its share of news lately. I have spoken on China and web3 from both business and national security perspectives. These new technologies present challenges and opportunities both inside and outside China. This post focuses on the for-profit blockchain developments and opportunities in China.
Mexico for China Managers, Part 4: A Guide to Cross-Culture Negotiation
Western managers with China experience know the challenges (and risks) that come with cross-border negotiations. Those considering a move to Mexico will have to navigate a new set of cultural adjustments.
China Employer Rules and Regulations: A Must Have No Matter Your Size
China employer rules and regulations are necessary for small as well as large companies
The Chinese Government is Coming for Your Company Secrets
The CCP is incredibly powerful and ruthless. Most of you already know this. If the CCP wants your IP, it will use its power and ruthlessness to get it. How does it do thatwhen you are not even located in China or you are always extremely careful about what you reveal of your IP in China? Very simple. It leans on your employees to force them to turn over your IP.
The Death of Hong Kong Arbitration
One can argue all one wants regarding the risks of Hong Kong arbitration, but the mere fact that a lot more lawyers now view Hong Kong as a riskier arbitration venue than Singapore, New York, Geneva, Paris, and London, ought to be reason enough NOT to draft your contracts with a Hong Kong arbitration provision.
Hague Service of Process on Chinese Defendants
This post describes how to properly effect service of process on a Chinese company or individual under the Hague Convention.
Hong Kong Under the National Security Law (NSL)
In its design and use of the National Security Law, Beijing has been quite transparent. The question for foreign businesses is whether they are willing to be as clear-eyed.
U.S. Import Practice Tips to Mitigate Compliance Risk
The shift away from the unipolar and free trade-oriented world of the 1990s and early 2000s to the peer competition-driven managed trade and industrial policies of today has resulted in an increasingly restrictive and protected U.S. import environment. The significantly stepped-up enforcement activity that characterizes this trend has, in turn, increased compliance risk for U.S. importers. This post will attempt to help U.S. importers mitigate some of that compliance risk through a set of up-to-date import practice tips.