The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) announced on August 26, 2022, that it has signed a Statement of Protocol (SOP) Agreement with the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and China’s Ministry of...more
9/9/2022
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Accounting Standards ,
Auditors ,
China ,
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) ,
Government Investigations ,
Hong Kong ,
Inspections ,
Internal Audit Functions ,
PCAOB ,
Public Accounting Oversight Board ,
Publicly-Traded Companies
The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (Act), which was signed into law by President Trump on December 18, 2020, amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Sarbanes-Oxley) and requires the Securities and Exchange...more
12/30/2020
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Audits ,
China ,
Corporate Governance ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Government Entities ,
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PCAOB ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act
On November 12, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order (the "Order") prohibiting United States persons from investing in publicly traded securities of any person designated by the Secretary of Defense or the...more
11/18/2020
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Defense Sector ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Divestment ,
Foreign Investment ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies