Asia: International Law

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has launched a new Trade Secrets Case Law Collection database, featuring 13 landmark Chinese court decisions on trade secret protection—the highest number alongside the United States. This initiative aims to enhance global understanding of judicial approaches to safeguarding valuable business information and competitive advantages through representative case law from multiple jurisdictions.

Recent Supreme Court decisions are dismantling longstanding regulatory barriers that have historically complicated the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in India. By removing the Reserve Bank of India pre-approval requirement...

Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, prescribes strict timelines for arbitration proceedings, but what happens when these deadlines expire?

Chinese President Xi Jinping recently hosted summits with both US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, demonstrating Beijing's strategic positioning at the center of global diplomacy.

Thailand recently concluded the latest round of high-level trade discussions with its US trade counterparts. In addition to addressing concerns over claimed human rights abuses, forced labor...

Vietnam is launching a comprehensive digital enforcement initiative to combat online piracy, shifting from traditional manual monitoring and administrative fines to an aggressive, technology-driven strategy involving criminal prosecution and automated AI-powered detection systems.

国务院颁布《国务院关于对外投资的规定》，标志着中国在推进高水平制度型开放进程中迈出重要一步。这部首个专门针对境外投资的行政法规，

国内企业在中国进行版权登记已成为保护作品的常见途径。

As tariffs reshape global manufacturing, China+1 strategies will dominate lending decisions for years to come. When manufacturers seek funding for second sites to diversify away from China, lenders face a critical question: are they backing genuine resilience or underwriting a fragile stopgap that could strain balance sheets and create nasty surprises for those committing capital?