The G20 meeting is over, leaving much to digest and decisions to be made. In this post we will report on what happened and what we believe will happen going forward. Most importantly, we will suggest what international businesses should be doing in response to all this.
What
Our lead China entertainment attorney, Mathew Alderson (who Variety Magazine named as one of the 50 most influential entertainment lawyers) will be speaking on a panel at the Westin St. Francis, San Francisco, on June 28. The panel is entitled “The Impact of Regulatory Changes on China’s Entertainment Sector: Trends and Challenges.” Mathew’s
I was a panelist on the “China Operational Issues” yesterday at the United States-China Business Council’s (USCBC), 46th Annual Membership Meeting. Jake Parker, USBC’s, USCBC’s Vice President of China Operations was on the panel with me and Anna Ashton, USCBC’s Director of Business Advisory Services, was our moderator. It was a great
On May 5, President Trump tweeted that he would be raising tariffs to 25% on $200 billion worth of Chinese products and that he would eventually impose this same tariff rate on pretty much all products from China. Since then, the media has been all over the map on who will be paying for these
Since the very beginning of US-China trade negotiations we have been unequivocally negative on the likelihood of a deal and we have taken huge amounts of heat for that, via hate e-mail, online, and even from our own clients, some of whom have accused us of being too cynical or too negative about China. Our
Late last year I was a visiting professor of Chinese Law for a few days at the University of Warsaw. This consisted of my speaking for about two hours the first day and for about four hours the second day. My first day talk was on protecting your IP from China. That is MY speech.
I just got the following email from a loyal reader:
With all that is going on with China’s economy and with its trade discussions with the United States and with US tariffs and with the EU’s mounting frustration with China, our China lawyers are finding themselves more often engaged in “big picture” discussions with our clients than ever before. We are constantly getting hit with
It has been a tough year, what with the US-China trade war and all and with all that has been happening with China and Canada and China and the EU. Most of our law firm’s clients are looking at China in a new light and many have moved some or all of their business elsewhere.
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. Spoiler alert: It’s a lot.
Way back in September, 2008, we wrote a post on what was then China’s new employment law regulations: China’s Brand New Labor Law