Navigating Conflicting Obligations: China’s Recent Countermeasures and Business (In-Person Only, Beijing)

In April and May 2026, China has introduced and implemented several notable measures related to supply chain security and anti-sanctions policy. These developments have quickly become a major area of focus for multinational companies operating across jurisdictions. For many companies, the challenge today is no longer simply whether to comply, but how to navigate increasingly overlapping, and at times conflicting, legal and regulatory expectations. Questions around enforcement uncertainty, over-compliance, supply chain adjustments, cross-border business exposure, and evolving regulatory expectations are becoming increasingly difficult for companies to assess in practice.