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US and China finalize tariffs on $16 billion of goods; more tariffs on the horizon while talks are pushed back by the administration
On Wednesday, the United States and China finalized their lists of $16 billion worth of goods on which they will impose 25 percent tariffs against each...
In response to the US announcement on Tuesday that 25 percent tariffs on the finalized list of $16 billion of Chinese imports will go into effect on August 23, China today decided to impose the same tariff rate on an equal dollar amount of US imports. China’s retaliatory tariffs will also go...
As the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) spreads, having accounted for $250 billion in construction in about five years, it is inevitable that commercial disputes will emerge. In an effort to expeditiously work through caseloads, the Supreme People’s Court of China (SPC) established the...
The Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) Market Regulatory Authority (MRA) recently issued a penalty decision against a foreign medical product distributor for false promotion under the Anti-unfair Competition Law (AUCL), the revised version of which came into effect January 1. The recently...
Made in China 2025 (MIC2025), a central government economic plan that supports the development of advanced technology industries, has resulted in a slew of provincial legal documents with important implications for foreign businesses. Although they vary in specificity and length, these...
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