Tag: Business

  • Asahi: Stating the Obvious With a Little Attitude

    The English version of the Asahi Shimbun article about the U.S. action against China in the WTO over intellectual property has a pretty obvious headline: “WTO complaints against China put Japan in a bind.” It addresses the fact that the U.S. government asked Japan to join the action (and they haven’t decided yet as far…

  • U.S. Ethanol Partly Drives Brazil's Soy Exports to China

    In a rare U.S. newspaper article that reveals the complexity of global entanglements over something so simple as food, The New York Times notes Brazil’s status as the largest soybean exporter in the world and looks at China’s involvement. Some history: Once, the biggest bilateral food trade flowed between the United States, the world’s largest…

  • How a Small U.S. or European Company Turns to China

    China Law Blog tells the story of a worried client deciding whether to do business in China, revealing the decisions set before a small or medium-sized companies in the United States or Europe when faced with competitors who manufacture in China. I talked a lot with my small company client today about the risks of…

  • Is the U.S. Outsourcing Pollution to China?

    A China Daily (state-supported media) report asserts that the “western” media ignore the environmental impact of international business moving manufacturing to China. The story is on a think tank report from the China Council for International Co-operation on Environment and Development (CCICED). The report suggests that when trade between China and its partners exerts an…

  • For Foreign Businesses in China, the Peril of Law and Order

    Some foreign businesses in China may not see the need to register. Today brings an urgent warning from Dan Harris on China Law Blog: Consider this China Law Blog’s first URGENT ALERT. For the second time in a month, we are hearing of mounting Chinese government efforts to crack down on unregistered foreign companies doing…