Sanctions and Blocking Rules: China Activates Its Countermeasures Arsenal
Since 2020, China has built up an arsenal of legal instruments designed to respond to foreign sanctions targeting its companies. While some of these instruments had already been used on an ad hoc basis to sanction foreign companies, three decisions made public in spring 2026 have taken them into a new phase. For a French company operating in China, the question is therefore no longer theoretical: which of these regimes applies, to which entity of the group, and on account of what conduct?
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