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Regulatory Oversight
State AGs Settlement With WeChat Requiring Proactive Anti-Fentanyl Money Laundering Controls
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
A bipartisan coalition of seven state attorneys general (AG) reached a settlement with the Chinese-owned messaging and payment platform WeChat under which the company committed to take steps to combat…
The Right Coast
‘It’s The First Time I’ve Seen This in China’
SHANGHAI On Saturday night, the center of Shanghai was teeming with young people in bars drinking and watching the World Cup on wide-screen televisions. They were rooting for Argentina, which…
China Justice Observer
WhatsApp/WeChat Messages as Evidence to Chinese Courts?-CTD 101 Series
By Publisher
International business partners are getting increasingly accustomed to using WhatsApp or WeChat to reach an agreement, send orders, modify transaction conditions and confirm performance. This post was first published in CJO GLOBAL, which…
China Law Insight
知微见著平台领域反垄断规制的趋势——解读数据垄断之框架篇
By King & Wood
前言 近年来，我国大数据产业蓬勃发展，大数据对社会创新的驱动作用显著增强。数据驱动型经济正在对我国各行各业的发展模式和产业形态进行深层次的改造。2020年中共中央、国务院发布的《关于构建更加完善的要素市场化配置体制机制的意见》 明确指出要加快培育数据要素市场，提升社会数据资源价值。这反映了随着数据对提高生产效率的作用日益凸显，数据作为新生产要素的重要性得到社会乃至国家层面的广泛认同。
SmarTrade
TikTok and WeChat “National Security” Cases Are Dismissed
In February 2021, President Joseph Biden’s administration sought a pause in ongoing litigation involving Chinese mobile applications TikTok and WeChat in order to evaluate the record and determine whether there…
International Trade Law
Executive Order Rescinds TikTok and WeChat Prohibitions But Continues to Focus on Vulnerabilities in the ICTS Supply Chain
By Caroline Brown, Kate Growley, Stephanie Crawford
On June 9, the President issued an Executive Order on Protecting Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries (EO 14034), rescinding three executive orders issued in the previous administration that prohibited…
Global Trade Law Blog
Beyond TikTok and WeChat: How Biden’s New EO Could Impact Foreign-Owned Apps
By Patrick Diaz
On June 9, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order (“EO”) revoking Trump’s orders on TikTok and WeChat. In their stead, President Biden’s EO subjects software applications controlled or owned…
SmarTrade
President Biden Signs Executive Order to Protect the U.S. Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain
On June 9, 2021, President Joseph Biden issued an Executive Order (E.O.) to further address the threat posed to the U.S. information and communications technology and services (ICTS) supply chain…
Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
New E.O. Revokes TikTok and WeChat Prohibitions, But Lays Framework for New Restrictions
By Kelley Drye
Yesterday, President Biden signed an Executive Order (“E.O.”) that formally revokes and replaces three earlier E.O.s that aimed to restrict transactions with TikTok, WeChat, and other communications and Fintech applications…
International Compliance Blog
Biden Administration Revokes TikTok and WeChat Executive Orders, Revises Framework on Security Threats from Foreign Apps
By Dave Stetson, Ed Krauland, Brian Egan, Wendy Wysong, Nicholas Turner, Meredith Rathbone
On June 9, 2021, the White House issued a new Executive Order (EO) that revokes three Executive Orders issued in 2020 and early 2021 that were aimed specifically at TikTok,…