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REGISTER HERE! The Trump administration prioritized international trade issues and aggressively implemented tariffs and other trade actions that disrupted global trade relations. The Biden administration will inherit a slew of Trump tariffs and trade actions and there are many questions about how it will handle these international trade matters. Join Harris Bricken, in partnership with

2021 Trade Hot Takes

With the White House set to have a new occupant come January 20, we will surely see policy changes across the board in 2021 and trade policy will be no exception. Below are our thoughts on what we can expect. 1. Tariffs Though President-elect Biden is unlikely to boast of being a “Tariff Man,”

The Need for Good Contract Translations, and What Were You Thinking?

The other day I was emphasizing to a new client the importance of having one of my law firm’s international lawyers translate the contract we would be writing for this company and why we could not agree to let someone with the client do this translation. I then told her of a recent example that

Check Your International Registrations: Like Now

Every few months, one of my law firm’s international lawyers has to tell a client that the company or the IP the client thought it had somewhere in the world does not exist. About a decade ago — before China got so much better at spotting such things — we were retained to help a U.S. company

So You Want to Take Your Business Global?

We were prompted to write this post by talk that Mexico should consider joining the RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership). But how many Mexican companies can really take advantage of the opportunities these sorts of trade agreements bring? How many Mexican companies are in a position to penetrate other markets? There’s nothing wrong with internationalism, but as

Five Keys to International Consulting Contracts

Our international lawyers have been getting an increasing amount of work involving the provision of services across borders. International service agreements are more complicated than international product sales agreements because they typically involve an ongoing and more amorphous relationship without easily definable deliverables. It is easier to write a contract to buy 1,000 widgets from

What Is This RCEP You Talk About? (Part 2)

China and 14 other Asia-Pacific nations recently signed the world’s largest free trade deal, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). As discussed in Asia-Pacific RCEPonds to Trump’s Snub, the launch of the RCEP raises uncomfortable questions for Washington even though it is relatively modest in terms of member commitments. That said, RCEP will usher in changes,

What Is This RCEP You Talk About?

China and 14 other Asia-Pacific nations recently signed the world’s largest free trade deal, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). As discussed in Asia-Pacific RCEPonds to Trump’s Snub, the RCEP’s launch raises uncomfortable questions for Washington, though it is actually quite modest in terms of member commitments. That said, RCEP will usher in changes, and

U.S. China Policy Under Biden: New Ground or Back to the Past?

Biden won the election. So what will be the China policy of the new administration? Will Biden follow the lead of Trump and Pompeo? Will Biden return to the accommodating policy of the Obama/Bush era? Or will Biden dig new ground? Biden and his team have carefully avoided tipping their hand on the direction the

Why Court Corruption Does Not Mean Lights Out

Let me put it right out there: most North Americans and Western Europeans do not understand court corruption. They have heard about it, of course, but they generally do not understand how it impacts their business. Otherwise they would not so frequently say there is no point in having a contract or bringing a lawsuit

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FREE Webinar: Biden Administration Transitions – International Trade

2021 Trade Hot Takes

The Need for Good Contract Translations, and What Were You Thinking?

Check Your International Registrations: Like Now

So You Want to Take Your Business Global?

Five Keys to International Consulting Contracts

What Is This RCEP You Talk About? (Part 2)

What Is This RCEP You Talk About?

U.S. China Policy Under Biden: New Ground or Back to the Past?

Why Court Corruption Does Not Mean Lights Out

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FREE Webinar: Biden Administration Transitions – International Trade

2021 Trade Hot Takes

The Need for Good Contract Translations, and What Were You Thinking?

Check Your International Registrations: Like Now

So You Want to Take Your Business Global?

Five Keys to International Consulting Contracts

What Is This RCEP You Talk About? (Part 2)

What Is This RCEP You Talk About?

U.S. China Policy Under Biden: New Ground or Back to the Past?

Why Court Corruption Does Not Mean Lights Out