China has long maintained that trade sanctions imposed unilaterally by one or more countries outside the scope of the United Nations Security Council, where China enjoys veto power as one of the five permanent members, are...more
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced on May 31, 2019 that China will introduce an “Unreliable Entity List” regime under which foreign entities or individuals which boycott or cut off supplies to Chinese companies...more
The Trump Administration’s tariff wars may cause American companies to move operations offshore, with joint ventures in China one likely option. A joint venture with a Chinese partner can enable a company to respond nimbly...more
China has introduced a plan to restructure some of its key governmental institutions, including the operations of its three antitrust enforcement agencies. The new scheme, announced in March 2018, for the first time...more
Immediately after the United States Trade Representative (USTR) proposed an additional duty of 25% on over 1300 categories of products from China, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) responded with its own proposed list of...more
Because of the substantial activity in May, June and July with the passage of Trade Promotion Authority (“TPA”) and the ongoing Trans Pacific Partnership (“TPP”) negotiations, this blog post is being split into two parts. ...more