The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (Exchange) has taken a number of initiatives to enhance its attractiveness as a global offering and listing jurisdiction....more
The Amendments, which took effect on January 1, 2026, will impact network operators and CIIOs within China and overseas....more
There are good reasons for corporates and individuals to be emboldened to pursue overseas enforcement of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) judgments and arbitral awards....more
Under Article 235 of the PRC Civil Procedure Law (2023 revision), an obligation under a qualifying instrument (such as a guarantee contract) may be made enforceable via notarisation instead of proceeding through litigation...more
DOJ’s initiation of its aggressive trade enforcement strategy is quickly unfolding — and the new strategy is a real and significant threat to all companies engaged in international trade. We are no longer in the era of FCPA...more
Congress is deepening its scrutiny of U.S. universities that have academic partnerships with Chinese institutions, emphasizing concerns over national security and the use of federal research funding. A series of congressional...more
The PRC Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) mandates regular data compliance audits. Following a consultation period beginning in August 3, 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued the Measures for...more
On February 21, 2025, President Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) announcing an “America First Investment Policy” focused on promoting foreign investment in the United States from allies and...more
On Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, President Donald Trump issued three executive orders raising tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and the People's Republic of China. The executive orders were issued under the International...more
On February 1, 2025, President Trump signed three Executive Orders (“EO”) under Section 1702(a)(1)(B) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977(“IEEPA”)declaring a national emergency due to increased...more
DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (“AI”) startup, recently made waves across the global AI landscape with the release of its latest open-source R1 model. While some versions of DeepSeek’s model can be downloaded and...more
On January 14, 2025, the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published its Final Rule (Final Rule or the Rule) on “Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain:...more
U.S. investors interested in investing in advanced Chinese technology companies may now be constrained by the U.S. Government’s first-ever outbound investment rule (Final Rule) which took effect on Jan. 2, 2025. The Final...more
On January 8, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published its Final Rule to implement President Biden’s Executive Order 14117, “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States...more
On December 31, 2024, WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc. (“Whemco” or “Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports of slag pots from the People’s Republic of China...more
On January 2, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury's regulations implementing Executive Order 14105 “Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern” (the...more
On December 23, 2024, the Biden administration announced that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative ("USTR") is launching a new investigation into China's trade practices with respect to the semiconductor industry. In...more
On December 18, 2024, American Active Anode Material Producers (“AAAMP” or “Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports of Active Anode Material from the People’s...more
Although the Trump transition is well underway, the Biden administration made news in the national security space by announcing significant new export restrictions on semiconductor equipment and technology destined for the...more
On November 14, 2024, the UK government unveiled its National Payments Vision (the Vision), a strategy designed to reshape the UK’s payments ecosystem. This Vision responds to the findings of the 2023 Future of Payments...more
On November 25, 2024, Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. (“Saint-Gobain” or “Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports of Sol Gel Alumina-Based Ceramic...more
On October 29, 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to implement President Biden’s Executive Order 14117, “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data...more
On October 29, 2024, IDC Group, Inc., Iowa Spring Manufacturing, Inc., and Service Spring Corp. (collectively “Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports of...more
Last week, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) published a proposed rule that would amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a statutory prohibition on DOD awarding contracts with...more
The U.S. Commerce Department is soliciting comments on a proposed rule to prohibit importing and selling Vehicle Connectivity System hardware and software designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by,...more