April 6, 2018
INSIGHTS American Lawyer Magazine Quotes William Marshall on Impact for Lawyers of Possible U.S.-China Trade War 29-Mar-2018 William Marshall & Co. Principal was quoted by The American Lawyer in its recent article "Lawyers Wary as US-China Trade Tension Escalates, concerning the escalating trade tensions between the [...]
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April 4, 2018
The announcement came from the Ministry of Commerce today in China and is said to affect as many as 106 items of US origin. These products have been widely reported as being soybeans, automobiles, aircraft, orange juice, and beef amongst other items. An unofficial translation of [...]
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April 4, 2018
The Office of the United States Trade Representative has issued its proposal for the assessment of an additional 25% tariff on over 2000 items of Chinese origin being imported into the United States. The products covered by this list include many tech products, machinery, as well [...]
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April 2, 2018
With effect from 2 April 2018, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China have officially authorised the General Administration of Customs to implement retaliatory tariffs on 128 products of US origin. The measures imposed by China are, in its view, authorised retaliatory measures [...]
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March 29, 2018
INSIGHTS Draft Intra-Company Agreements: Common Problems and Best Practices for a More Efficient Supply Chain 27-Mar-2018 For multinational companies, having a complex web of intra-company transactions and supporting agreements is commonplace. It has often been the case that in-house legal departments view the drafting of such intra-company [...]
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March 27, 2018
For multinational companies, having a complex web of intra-company transactions and supporting agreements is commonplace. It has often been the case that in-house legal departments view the drafting of such intra-company agreements as perhaps less substantial than some of their other tasks, which is understandable. [...]
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March 23, 2018
INSIGHTS 4 Things to Consider Doing to Protect Your Company from Tariffs on Import from China 22-Mar-2018 With the imposition of significant tariffs on imports from China, the question on everyone's mind is: What will happen now? Will China retaliate? If so, in what way? How [...]
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March 23, 2018
This morning, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOMM”) issued an official statement that it intends to impose tariffs on certain imported products of United States origin in retaliation for US tariff measures on steel and aluminium products announced earlier this month by Presidential Proclamation. Products Impacted [...]
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March 23, 2018
Yesterday, President Trump issued a memorandum authorising US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to take all appropriate action under Section 301 of the Tariff Act to remedy the acts, policies, and practices of China that are unreasonable and discriminatory and that burden or restrict US commerce [...]
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March 22, 2018
With the imposition of significant tariffs on imports from China, the question on everyone’s mind is: what will happen now? Will China retaliate? If so, in what way? How will this impact us? While these are certainly important questions, there is another question that is [...]
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March 21, 2018
On Monday March 19, 2018, The US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published Interim Final Rules, which provide instructions for parties in the United States to submit requests for exclusions from the additional tariffs implemented on 8 March 2018 by Presidential [...]
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