On 14 July, the same day the president signed into law the Hong Kong Autonomy Act (the act), President Trump issued the Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization (the EO) directing federal agencies to impose a range of trade...more
On June 28, 2010, the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC) reviewed the second draft of China's Export Control Law (the "Law"). Six months had passed since the Law was first reviewed by the NPC in...more
With the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV, the "Coronavirus") spreads globally at alarming speed some countries have responded to the crisis by taking measures such as restricting or denying importation from China and requiring...more
2/18/2020
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Best Practices ,
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Ports ,
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Safety Standards ,
Shipping ,
Shipping Cargo ,
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Vessels ,
World Health Organization
Two years after the release of the first draft of the Chinese Export Control Law (the Law) in 2017 (the 2017 Draft), on 28 December 2019, a revised draft was published on the website of the National People's Congress for...more
1/8/2020
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De Minimus Quantity Exemption ,
Dual Use Goods ,
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Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
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Military Goods ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Trade Policy ,
Use in Commerce
The ongoing U.S.-China trade conflict touches industries from agriculture to manufacturing and products from automobiles to seafood, with the United States and China imposing tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of...more