Our international litigators have lately been getting more than the usual number of emails/phone calls from companies (mostly American and European) wanting to pursue litigation against their Chinese manufacturers for bad product. In this post we explain one relatively easy way to reduce your bad product risks.
Many (most?) manufacturers are in the middle of a perfect storm of challenges that make it very difficult for them to calculate how much to manufacture (or order), how long it may take for goods to arrive, and how much consumers are likely to buy.
This very long post aims to provide an overview of the challenges of manufacturing in China, as well as strategies for minimizing risks and maximizing opportunities. It outlines the administrative and regulatory requirements, process and production challenges, and specific cultural and market-specific risks.
The key to getting good products from your overseas manufacturers is, choosing a good manufacturer, using a good manufacturing agreement, having good IP protection, and employing a good quality control system.
For importers of Chinese products, this coming June 21 will be a critical date. On that day, a rebuttable presumption that all products made in Xinjiang violate the U.S. forced labor statute will come into effect. The rebuttable presumption is mandated by the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act (UFLPA), which was signed into law by
US-China decoupling is accelerating and inevitable. It will be gradual and then sudden. Now is the time for your company to prepare for this.
How the Mexican government and its businesspeople should do to gear up the country to attract companies leaving China for Mexico.
Leaving China for Mexico and alternative manufacturing destinations has been on every CEO’s mind for years. A couple of weeks ago, I joined a trade delegation to Mexico City and Guadalajara, led by Utah Governor Spencer Cox. This was the first trade delegation to Mexico by any U.S. governor since Covid rocked the world, and
When my law firm’s international manufacturing lawyers work on international manufacturing arrangements, we never just draft a “straight NDA.” Instead, we draft a “non-disclosure/non-use/non-circumvention agreement” that we refer to as an NNN Agreement. Why? Because a Western-style NDA is worthless or worse for China. For China, you need a China-specific NNN Agreement. 1. China NNN
China business risks. The webinar.
