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Manufacturing
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BuildSmart
President Biden Signs Inflation Reduction Act – What This Will Mean for Clean Energy and Manufacturing
By Matthew Hinshaw, Christopher A. Bowles, Alex Leath, Christopher Grissom, Brandon Demyan
Today, President Biden signed into law H.R. 5376, referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The nearly $369 billion of new spending is intended to transform entire sectors of…
IP Brief
PROTECTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS
By Andrea Arndt
Many companies, including U.S. companies, find manufacturing abroad attractive because of its affordable costs, capacity, and distribution networks. Typically discussions or negotiations with a foreign manufacturer will concern the type…
China Law Blog
China Manufacturing and the Bike Lock Theory on Preventing Bad Products
By Dan Harris
Our international litigators have lately been getting more than the usual number of emails/phone calls from companies (mostly American and European) wanting to pursue litigation against their Chinese manufacturers for…
China Law Blog
Even if You Diversify Your Supply Chain, You Need to Keep Your Head on a Swivel
By Dan Harris
Small- and medium-sized companies have smaller toolboxes than large manufacturers when it comes to de-risking their supply chains, but even the big players have endured plenty of pain over the…
Manufacturing Industry Advisor
What Does “Manufacturing” Mean to You? The U.S. Government Wants to Know
You probably know that the Buy American Act (BAA) establishes a preference, in procurements by U.S. government agencies, for the purchase of items manufactured in the United States. But did…
China Law Blog
Leaving China for Mexico: Lessons from the Ground, Part 2
In our last post, we discussed how leaving China for Mexico and alternative manufacturing destinations has been on many CEO’s minds for years. We also provided a summary of the…
China Law Blog
Leaving China for Mexico: Lessons from the Ground
Leaving China for Mexico and alternative manufacturing destinations has been on every CEO’s mind for years. A couple of weeks ago, I joined a trade delegation to Mexico City and…
China Law Blog
Moving Your Manufacturing out of China: Choose a “Friend”
By Dan Harris
The U.S. Treasury Secretary Suggests You “Friend-Shore” Your Supply Chain Regular readers of this blog know that we have been strong advocates for “de-risking” supply chains, especially when they are…
China Law Blog
Moving Your Manufacturing to Mexico from China: The Webinar Replay
For anyone who was not able to join our webinar, Moving Your Manufacturing to Mexico from China, we’ve got you covered! Below, please find the full presentation for your viewing…
China Law Blog
Transitioning from Product Development to Mass Manufacturing
Last week, in China Product Development Models and Risks, I wrote about the two main product development choices foreign companies typically face when using a Chinese manufacturer for some of the…