New China Tariffs

How to Use The New China Tariffs to REDUCE Your China Manufacturing Costs

How to Use the Trump China Tariffs To REDUCE Your China Product Costs Yesterday, in Trump’s New Tariffs and Their Impact on U.S. Trade with China, Mexico, and Canada, I analyzed the new tariffs President-Elect Trump has talked about enacting against China, Mexico, and Canada. In that post, I explored the potential impacts of the

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China Best Practices and Strategy Tips for SMEs

China for SMEs Even amid riasing political and economic tensions, the China market remains attractive to certain businesses, especially SMEs, because of its massive middle class (about 400 million) and its robust, relatively accessible manufacturing ecosystem. However, the complexities of doing business in China can present significant challenges, and for companies lacking the resources of

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Negotiating A China Licensing Agreement

China Licensing Negotiations Our China lawyers have been increasingly drafting contracts for foreign companies licensing their brand names, concepts, or technologies for use in China. Historically, this type of licensing was primarily confined to the industrial sector. Nowadays, a significant portion of our work involves crafting licensing agreements for companies eager to tap into the

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Quick Question Tuesday, Part 8: Should You Work for a Chinese Company?

Should You Work for a Chinese Company? As lawyers, we spend a lot of time fielding good, bad, weird, interesting, deep, superficial, and all types of other questions from people. We’re generally expected to be oracle-level wizards, a lot like people are treating AI now. In this series, we’ll share some of these questions that

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China Transactions When Your Due Diligence Says Don’t Do It

China Transaction Due Diligence My law firm’s international lawyers do a significant amount of transactional work, which we call “happy law.” It’s generally happy because the buyer and seller largely know what they want from the other side, and they have already agreed in principle on what the deal will look like. Both sides bring

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Understanding U.S. Antidumping Cases Involving Imported Chinese Products

United States Antidumping Cases Companies importing products into the United States from China may be unfamiliar with terms such as “non-market economy (NME),” “respondent,” and “surrogate values.” However, this quickly changes when such companies’ imported goods are subject to a U.S. antidumping proceeding. U.S. antidumping or “AD” cases are complex. This is especially true for

US-China relations are creating risks to your business

Protect Your Business from the Deteriorating US-China Relationship

The Deteriorating US-China Relationship The US-China relationship has been deteriorating for years, but it continues to worsen with no end in sight. Doing business with Chinese companies is going to become increasingly difficult. Below we outline some of our concerns and some of the steps our international lawyers have seen businesses take to prepare themselves