Hong Kong startup ICW eyes supply chain diversification demand amid trade war

For American importers, finding suppliers these days can be challenging not only due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. The U.S. government’s entity list designations, human rights-related sanctions, among other trade blacklists targeting Chinese firms have also rattled U.S. supply chains. One young company called International Compliance Workshop, or ICW, is determined to make sourcing easier for […] Continue reading Hong Kong startup ICW eyes supply chain diversification demand amid trade war

US Bans Foreign Equipment that Threatens National Security, Implicating Huawei

Have Huawei and affiliates been ostracized from the US for fear of cyberespionage? Casting foreign technology as a serious risk to national security, US President Donald Trump has banned telecom companies in the US from deploying equipment made in fore… Continue reading US Bans Foreign Equipment that Threatens National Security, Implicating Huawei

Trade war tensions with China rise following arrest of Huawei CFO in Canada

Wanzhou Meng, Huawei’s CFO and the daughter of the company’s founder, was arrested at the Vancouver airport on Dec. 1 and is awaiting extradition to the US to face trial on accusations that the US export sanctions against Iran were breached… Continue reading Trade war tensions with China rise following arrest of Huawei CFO in Canada