China allows ordinary employee information to be transferred out of jurisdiction without restrictions; EU Chamber report addresses regulatory clarity after risk concerns arise; and Japanese company wins trademark trolling case on unfair competition grounds.
A proposed TikTok bill could give rise to a U.S. equivalent to the VIE structure; The EU's new AI Act has a wide scope that could affect Chinese firms; and Quant funds respond to regulators' crackdown of their industry.
Shanghai plans a three-tiered cross-border data flow regime in the Lingang free trade zone to boost foreign investment; the U.S. proposes a "know your customer" regulation for cloud computing companies over China AI concerns; and a bill introduced in Congress called the BIOSECURE Act, is designed to broaden current sanctions on China
U.S. Commerce official expects higher penalties for violations of U.S. export controls; Shein must satisfy both the U.S. and China to pull off its IPO; and U.S. lawmakers work to further limit U.S. investment in Chinese tech sector.
Entities doing business in the U.S. must report information about their beneficial ownership to FinCEN; China bans researchers for listing AI-generated content as a co-author of their papers; and Italian Generali conducts first-ever foreign insurance acquisition in China
