China is just beginning to restart its economy after a two-month shutdown. U.S. companies that still remember that we are in the middle of a trade war with China read thinly veiled threats from Chinese officials regarding limiting pharmaceutical supplies and medicine inputs and wonder what is the best way to deal with their China-dependent
Our law firm’s lead China employment lawyer, Grace Yang, will be leading a 90 minute webinar on what HR departments need to know about China employment law. China is getting a lot tougher on how foreign companies (especially American companies) in China treat their employees and staying in compliance has never been more important. See
COVID-19 and China business complexities have been filling our minds and our inboxes with difficult questions for months. On Thursday, March 19th at 7:30 a.m. Pacific Time, we will be answering many of those questions at this free webinar put on by the World Trade Center Utah.
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The below is a transcription of an interview of Grace Yang on Legal Talk Radio. Grace heads up our China employment law team and the interview deals with the coronavirus’s impact on China employers and employees.
But more than that, it movingly and powerfully deals with the big picture issues arising from the virus. I
In the past year or so, our international lawyers have seen a remarkable uptick in requests for advice and legal services related to the international cannabis/CBD trade. This business involves clients from all over the world seeking help on on import/export agreements, foreign direct investment, regulatory compliance, customs issues and everything in between. Things are
For the last week or so, our China lawyers have been inundated by requests from employers in China for help in dealing with the many employment law issues that virus has created. Just yesterday, our lead China employment lawyer, Grace Yang, wrote about that in Coronavirus and What China Employers Should be Doing (and Not
If you’ve been following us for the past two years, you have probably been an active participant or observer of the heated debate around what we call the “New Normal” of doing business in China. On Wednesday, February 5th, we invite our readers to join us for an in-person and in-depth discussion, “
Way back in February, 2006, when China Law Blog was all of one month old, the Wall Street Journal wrote about and linked to one of our blog posts. Our readership shot up from around 50 to 5,000 and we thought that was just about the coolest thing ever. It meant we had made it.
The United States and China are scheduled to have a grand signing ceremony on January 15 for the “Phase One” deal that is supposed to solve the U.S.-China trade war. Though more than 200 guests have been invited to attend the ceremony, no one knows exactly what they will be signing because the text of
Happy New Year everyone!
Not gonna beat around the bush here. 2019 was a tough year for foreign companies that do business in or with China and we see 2020 only getting tougher.
As a bit of a preface, way back in October, 2018, we were one of the first (maybe even the first)