foreign trade

On 8 March 2023, the Chinese Ambassador to the Netherlands, Tan Jian, submitted China’s instrument of accession to the Convention of 5 October 1961, Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents Also known as the Apostille Convention, the convention simplifies the procedure for certifying documents between two countries, replacing the need for local certification or notarisation with a certification called an Apostille issued by a “competent authority” in …

Recent events have added to a growing sense that Britain urgently needs a better and more substantive understanding of China – now our third-largest goods export market. Torsten Weller examines four recent reports that examine the future of UK-China relations The four publications approach our bilateral ties from different angles and together offer an overview of the choices and trade-offs that will determine the UK’s future approach: ‘Towards a UK …

Premier Li Keqiang announced last month, that the new e-commerce law will be introduced on January 1st, 2019 and will expand and improve on the existing cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) policies. It will ensure that the current policies on CBEC retail imports will continue and no requirements in licensing, registration or record-filing for first-time imports will apply to retail imports through CBEC platforms. Instead, these goods will receive more relaxed regulation …