Chinese Companies in America: Law, Business, and Geopolitical Risk
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As Chinese companies navigate the U.S. market, they face an increasingly complex environment shaped by legal regulation, commercial realities, geopolitical tensions, and changing public attitudes. How are companies adapting their business strategies and managing legal, financial, and reputational risks? What do their experiences reveal about the evolving relationship between the United States and China?
Taking place immediately after the U.S. midterm election, this public panel considers how America’s domestic political and regulatory environment may affect the future trajectory of the bilateral relationship—even when China is not a central election issue. Drawing on perspectives from law, international banking, business, and political science, the conversation connects law and business with larger questions of politics, institutions, and globalization.
Speakers:
Ji Li is a professor of law and the John S. and Marilyn Long Chair in U.S.–China Business and Law at the UC Irvine School of Law. His research examines Chinese law and legal institutions, international business transactions, corporate governance, and the operation of Chinese companies in the United States.
Alex Hao is a partner at JunHe LLP. He advises companies on cross-border transactions, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, dispute resolution, and legal matters arising from business activities between China and the United States.
Susan Yang is managing director of international and commercial banking at East West Bank. She brings extensive experience in commercial banking, corporate lending, credit risk, and serving companies engaged in international and cross-border business.
Moderator
Samantha Vortherms is an associate professor of political science at UC Irvine. Her research examines China’s political economy, migration, labor, multinational companies, and the ways in which firms navigate geopolitical and political risk.
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