PRC Foreign Trade Law (2nd Amendment)

中华人民共和国对外贸易法 (第二次修订)

Investors may be prohibited from international trading if PRC interests are jeopardized / CLP Reference: 5800/25.12.27 ; Promulgated: 2025-12-27 ; Effective: 2026-03-01

Promulgated: December 27, 2025
Effective: March 1, 2026

Main contents: Where any of the circumstances set forth below applies to a foreign1 individual or organization, the State Council’s foreign trade department may take measures against him/her/it such as prohibiting or restricting him/her/it from importing or exporting goods or technologies, or from the international trade in services, in relation to the People’s Republic of China:

(1) he/she/it jeopardizes the sovereignty, security or development interests of the People’s Republic of China;

(2) he/she/it violates regular market

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