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Chinese Tech Whitelist: Is China Trying To Replace Foreign Technology?

2021-11-29
A new report claims to provide details on a whitelist of Chinese tech suppliers from which enterprises and government bodies in China can choose companies to provide core technology products and services, citing government insiders. The tech whitelist is supposedly being prepared by the Information Technology Application Working Committee (known as the ‘Xinchuang Committee’). China’s Ministry of Foreign affairs has denied the existence of such a whitelist.

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Africa Looks To Expand Its Cooperation With Africa As 2021 Trade Increases 38.2%

11/29/2021

Africa Looks To Expand Its Cooperation With China As 2021 Trade Increases 38.2%. That is now at 30% of what China trades with the EU - and rising. The 8th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation is taking place in Dakar and will set the stage for further increased development.

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Singapore As A Base For ASEAN Expansion

11/29/2021

Singapore is globally renowned as a business-friendly destination that offers a stable socio-political environment, free-market economy, highly efficient infrastructure, and an attractive tax regime. A primary advantage of Singapore is its ability to act as a centerpiece for the holding and management of regional assets. Holding companies are a vital component of any international expansion strategy, and Singapore offers investors a stable environment from which to administer operations in more speculative markets in Asia.

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Selling Online Merchandise To Indian Consumers

11/29/2021

Spurred by increasing smartphone penetration, an expanding internet user base, and rising consumer wealth, e-commerce platforms and online applications have revolutionized the way business is done in India. Estimated to be worth US$85-90 billion in 2020, India’s digital economy is expected to grow about 10 times to reach US$800 billion by 2030. We address concerns about selling merchandise to India’s online market, including choosing the right business model, FDI norms, compliance, tax liability, and relevant regulations impacting e-commerce activity in the country.

China Briefing

Learning from China’s Double 11 Shopping Festival: Marketing, Retail And Consumption Trends

11/26/2021

China’s rising consumer power plays an important part in the country’s dual circulation strategy and is an engine of global growth in many categories. The Double 11 shopping festival, as the largest and most popular annual global shopping festival in the world – now outselling Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined – serves as a window to observe China’s latest consumer trends.

Vietnam Briefing

Transfer Pricing in Vietnam – An Overview

11/26/2021

Businesses in Vietnam need to ensure full compliance with transfer pricing regulations as tax authorities are likely to scrutinize businesses to ensure they meet their targets. The government issued Decree 132 on tax administration for transactions with related parties; the Decree replaces Decree 20 and Decree 68. We outline the procedures and compliance necessary for foreign businesses to be in line with the recent transfer pricing regulations.

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Shanghai Extends Maternity Leave and Grants Childcare Leave

11/25/2021

Shanghai has decided to extend local extra maternity leave from 30 to 60 days, which will increase female employees’ total maternity leave to 158 days. The city has also begun offering childcare leave to couples with children under the age of three for the first time. Businesses in Shanghai should adjust their HR policies accordingly.

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Russia Briefing

Russia Targets Increasing Trade With Nigeria

11/29/2021

Nigeria, which is a member of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is able to source raw materials and components from across Africa, marry them with Russian parts in Special Economic Zones and then either re-sell them back onto the African market or export them back to Russia. Nigeria gains from acquiring Russian technologies which help it improve its industrial base, while Russia gains access to pan-African competitive sourcing and competitive production costs.

Silk Road Briefing

Guinea-Bissau Joins The Belt And Road Initiative

11/28/2021

Guinea-Bissau is a member of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) which has eliminated border tariffs between African nations. That means pan-African sourcing can take place with goods consolidated into one area for processing and assembly. A Special Economic Zone to assist with this is currently being established in the capital city, Bissau, which has port facilities.

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Eritrea Joins The Belt And Road Initiative

11/28/2021

Eritrea is strategically important as it has access to the Red Sea, the Suez Canal and to Europe, as well as to waters in the Arabian Gulf and on towards the Indian Ocean.

Silk Road Briefing

UK Signs Trade Deal For 6,300 Products With Uzbekistan

11/25/2021

Those wonderful Uzbek melons, considered the tastiest in the world by this correspondent, will be heading to supermarkets up and down the country soon. Or at least that is what the Uzbek and British governments hope. They have both made much of Uzbekistan signing up

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Why Use Singapore as a Base for ASEAN Expansion

11/29/2021

Singapore has long been a preeminent destination for setting up a regional headquarter to pursue business opportunities across ASEAN and Asia.

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The Chinese Tech Whitelist - Is China Trying to Replace Foreign Technology?

11/29/2021

A Bloomberg report says China is formulating a Chinese tech whitelist to replace foreign tech, which China denies. We discuss what we know so far.

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Why Are We Paying Close Attention to the 2021 Winter Session of India's Parliament? A Look at Key Bills

11/26/2021

We list the bills expected to be tabled in the Winter Session of India's parliament (Nov 29 to Dec 23, 2021), including regulation of cryptocurrency.

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Tay Ninh Province: Promising for Investors in the Greater Mekong Subregion

11/29/2021

Vietnam's Tay Ninh province is one of the major industrial hubs in the southern key economic region and a competitive alternative to neighboring provinces.

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Russia Targets Increasing Trade With Nigeria

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