U.S.-Asia Law Institute

July 19 – July 25

Reactions across East Asia are muted to the Trump administration’s latest new tariffs; China adds fourteen European entities to an export control list in retaliation for the European Union sanctioning fourteen Chinese mainland and Hong Kong enterprises; the former leader of Hong Kong’s disbanded Democratic Party flees to the UK; Japan’s Diet authorizes the prime minister to designate a “backup” capital to handle major government functions in the event of a natural disaster striking Tokyo; the Seoul High Court acquits a woman who had been convicted of murder for terminating her pregnancy at thirty-six weeks; Taiwan’s legislature approves savings accounts for children into which the government will make annual deposits in an effort to boost the birthrate.