MAINLAND CHINA

China Announces National Adoption of Market Access Negative List

09 January 2019

Following a 15-region trial, an updated Negative List has been issued for national use. More

09 January 2019

India’s mainstream, Hindi-language cinema – popularly known as Bollywood – has thrown up several surprises over the past year. More

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Guangdong Looks to Enhance Employment Environment

08 January 2019

Guangdong-based businesses are to benefit from a number of new measures designed to boost employment throughout the province, including discounted loans for start-ups, unemployment insurance premium rebates for retaining employees and a doubling of the social insurance premium subsidy period for hiring new graduates. More

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Recent Developments in U.S. Trade Discussions with Mainland China

08 January 2019

Bi-lateral trade talks between the United States and mainland China began on 7 January in Beijing. The U.S. delegation is chaired by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeffrey Gerrish and includes high-level officials from the departments of Commerce, Agriculture, Energy, State and Treasury. More

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Senate Bills Would Tighten Restrictions on Mainland China

08 January 2019

Sen. Marco Rubio (Republican-Florida) re-introduced legislation on 4 January aimed at correcting the current imbalances in the U.S. trade relationship with mainland China. Most notably, the legislation would prohibit the sale of national security sensitive technology and intellectual property to the mainland and increase taxes on multi-national corporations’ income earned in the mainland at a rate similar to the lost value of stolen intellectual property and technology. More

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Updated Report Details Impact of Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agricultural Exports

08 January 2019

The non-partisan U.S. Congressional Research Service issued a report on 31 December focused on the effect of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural exports. After the United States imposed Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminium imports and Section 301 tariffs on mainland Chinese exports to the United States, affected countries have established additional tariffs of their own on a range of U.S. products. More

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Shenzhen Adjusts Chargeable Rates for Enterprise Income Tax

07 January 2019

The State Administration of Taxation (SAT) Shenzhen Tax Service has recently issued an announcement setting forth the chargeable rates of income for enterprise income tax on assessment basis for different categories of businesses. More

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Dongguan Announces Arrangements for Shared Registered Office Facility

02 January 2019

Multiple start-ups will now be able to share the same business address, in line with an announcement by Dongguan’s municipal authorities. More

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SE Asian Belt and Road Roles in Focus

02 January 2019

One of the biggest economies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN), Malaysia is a key link in China’s Belt and Road Initiative and has had a long history as a trading hub, with its historic port Melaka earning the title “Venice of the East”. More

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China Tightens Yangtze River Anti-Pollution Regime

27 December 2018

A number of measures have been introduced as part of an ongoing bid to improve agricultural and non-pointsource pollution in the rural areas surrounding the Yangtze River Economic Belt. More

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