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More Officials Appointed to Lead Film and Media Authorities in China
July 30, 2018, Covington Alert
On May 24, 2018, China filled the top positions at the State Bureau of Film (Film Bureau) and State Administration of Press and Publication (SAPP). Both appointments fill vacancies created by the dismantling of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) and continue apparent Communist Party of China (CPC) efforts to assert greater control over the film and media industries.
May 14, 2019, Covington Alert
On May 13, days after increasing tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports, the U.S. Administration proposed imposing an additional 25 percent tariff on a new list of $300 billion in Chinese imports. The Administration cited China’s “failure to meaningfully address” problematic intellectual property (IP) practices and its retaliatory responses to U.S. tariffs ...
April 8, 2019, Covington Alert
On March 15, 2019, China’s National People’s Congress voted to adopt a new Foreign Investment Law (the “FIL”). The FIL will come into effect on January 1, 2020 and may significantly change China’s framework for regulating foreign investment. Foreign invested entities (“FIEs”) established prior to the FIL’s effective date will have five years to amend their ...
February 19, 2019, Covington Alert
Late last week, President Trump signed an appropriations bill to keep the government funded. In its Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying this legislation, Congress directed the Trump Administration to establish an exclusion request process for tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports by March 17, 2019, in line with the process provided for prior rounds of ...