Overview
Steptoe partner Meredith Rathbone were quoted in the introductory article of a World ECR special report titled "The China Question."
The report takes a look at China's goal to be the world leader in technology by 2025, the US government's response and the impact on business. So far, the US government has issued a raft of regulations, sanctions and export controls designed to slow the PRC’s progress.
Rathbone advises that in this uncertain terrain companies should be engaging in "a compliance-mapping exercise, so that if new restrictions come into place companies are ahead of the game in identifying pressure points." She says this would give companies "an opportunity to quickly assess whether or not they can proceed with business as usual."
The full article can be read here.
