The below is a list of China wild cards, at least for today. Note that when a deck holds a wild card, the impact of the wild card is something that can be predicted. The wild card changes the rules, but the players all know the wild card will eventually be coming and they can
A lot has gone on with China this last week. 1. On August 1, 2019, President Trump announced that the United States will on September 1 impose a 10 percent tariff on essentially all Chinese goods not previously subject to tariffs. This latest round of tariffs is being referred to as “List 4” tariffs and
中美冲突为何永无休止 美中贸易战似乎看不到尽头。这是因为它已不再仅仅是一场贸易战——而是一场政治、经济以及低强度军事冲突。问题不在于它何时结束，而在于它将如何蔓延。在未来的博文中，我们将深入探讨
上面的标题大多是开玩笑的。事实上，许多公司都声称想要将生产转移出中国，但——这反而损害了它们自身的利益——它们既没有付诸行动，也没有为此付出足够的努力。我知道这一点，因为我们负责国际制造业务的律师们经常与这方面的企业交流
A few months ago, we did a post titled, Want to Keep Your Business in China? Do These Things NOW. We wrote that post because we were (and still are) seeing a massive uptick in foreign companies getting into legal trouble with the Chinese Government. China’s government has a long history of cracking down on
1. China is Cracking Down on Foreigners China has laws and it enforces its laws. And like pretty much every country in the world, China enforces its laws unevenly. By unevenly, I mean it is not uncommon for China to enact a law and then not enforce it for a few years and then all
The recent U.S. bans on Chinese technology companies (by adding them to the U.S. Export Administration’s Entity List) are not new but are a continuation of ongoing concerns with Chinese government deficiencies. This is the same Chinese government that requires Chinese organizations “support, cooperate with and collaborate in national intelligence work,” accelerating China’s great technological
Contents of this Article: Employer Rules and Regulations Are Key to China Employer Compliance Chinese Law Requires Every Full-Time Employee to be Hired Pursuant to a Written Employee Contract Employer Audits Employee Terminations With China’s economy in decline and so many foreign companies in China laying off employees, it should come as no surprise the
Presidents Xi and Trump prepare for a meeting next week at the G20 event with the purported goal of restarting negotiations to resolve the Section 301 tariff dispute and other trade issues between the U.S. and China. Many analysts and business people from both countries are confident this meeting will lead to resolution. Unfortunately, this
1. 在中国设厂风险高 对于许多人来说，简短的回答是“是的”。让我来解释一下…… 2. 美国关税使在中国设厂风险高 首先是关税问题，这些关税时有时无，但对于任何从中国采购产品并在美国销售的公司来说，始终都是一种风险
