避免国际诈骗的101条建议
随着世界经济陷入困境，我们的国际律师已经看到了国际诈骗的大规模上升。这篇文章描述了我们所看到的一些情况，并阐述了为避免成为诈骗受害者你可以做的基本事项。快速总结：1）如果它看起来好得不像真的、
中国的合资企业：长篇大论
随着中国经济陷入低迷，美中（甚至欧盟/中国）关系的未来有如此多的不确定性，我们的中国商业律师最近看到大量的公司希望建立中国的合资企业，"以分担风险。"如果做得好，中国的合资企业确实可以分担风险。但当
Update Your China Employee Handbook NOW
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, China has released and updated countless national and local employment laws to deal with rapidly changing circumstances. In the United States and the EU, best practices usually dictate that you update your company’s employee handbook at least once a year and even more often if there have been
How to Manage a Chinese Factory
Many Chinese factories are hurting right now. Badly. This should come as no surprise. First they went through months of closures due to the coronavirus, and just when they opened they faced massively reduced demand. Chinese factories are closing left and right and many of those that are open are facing reduced demand and falling
An FAQ on China PPE
Last week, Fred Rocafort (one of our international trade lawyers), Dan Pak (a VP of Procurement at a large East Coast hospital chain) and I put on a 90+ minute webinar on navigating PPE purchases from China. Based on the feedback we have received and the fact that a number of webinar companies have asked
China Employer Protections in These Tough Times
Though many of our clients that manufacture in China are leaving China because of the costs, the difficulties and the tariffs, many of our clients that sell their goods and services into China are looking to move into China or grow their operations there. No matter what is going on in or regarding China, China
Force Majeure in the Time of Coronavirus
Way back in the pre-coronavirus days — October 30-2019 — in Do Not Let Force Majeure be a Major Force In Your China Contract, we did a post warning of force majeure provisions in contracts with Chinese companies. That post began with the following warning/joke; Pull out and look at your contract with your Chinese
Coronavirus and What China Employers Should be Doing (and Not Doing) Now
Last week I wrote about new employment rules for dealing with the coronavirus. In my first article, I wrote about the new rules issued by Beijing employment authorities and then the next day, I wrote about the new rules issued by China employment authorities. The Beijing rules apply to Beijing and the China rules apply nationwide. Since those
Forced Labor in China: Don’t Trust AND Do Verify
The issue of forced labor in China has been in the news recently. In part, this is due to the connection between this issue and the larger human rights crisis in Xinjiang. However, forced labor is hardly a problem confined to Xinjiang, as a recent scandal involving British supermarket chain Tesco shows. Last month, Tesco