PLEASE NOTE EARLIER START TIME: US PT: 7AM // US ET: 10 AM// UK: 3pm// France-Germany: 4pm // China: 10 PM

Topic: Navigating the China Market with a Food Law Expert

Speaker:  Edison Tang, Legal Counsel, Food Coordinate Consulting

Presentation:

-  China is a complex but rewarding market for foreign companies. The right way to drive business has enabled foreign-funded enterprises to make huge profits in the Chinese market.

- There are some major common misconceptions foreign companies have about doing business in China. Language and cultural understanding play an important role in navigating Chinese regulations.

-  China has a different food law system and regulatory organizations than the USA or EU. Chinese consumers like and need to purchase large quantities of American and EU food, agricultural products, and cosmetics. Do not be afraid of the Chinese market due to differences in laws and regulations; nor should you let those differences cause all the money you earn to be taken back by regulatory authorities due to compliance issues.

- Case studies. Great legal, regulatory and government affair strategies to help business successful and sustainable. You need a lawyer who is a problem solver.

Speaker's bio: 

Edison Tang is a food law attorney providing advice and counsel to multinational food companies, retailers, and trade associations. As a multilingual and globally focused lawyer, Mr. Tang has assisted multinational companies (MNCs) in foreign direct investment, trade, tariff/tax, marketing/advertising, dispute resolution, government investigation and compliance. Mr. Tang also provides consulting on food safety, standards, nutrition claims and litigation.  

Before co-founding Food Coordinate Consulting, Mr. Tang worked for a US law firm and two MNCs where he advised on policy matters and routinely engaged with PRC authorities on compliance issues. Mr. Tang also remains active in public policy discussions and academia, routinely teaching and lecturing on comparative law between the U.S., EU, and China. Mr. Tang was a China law scholar at the UCLA Resnick Food Law and Policy Center and a Food Safety advisor to the World Bank. Finally, Mr. Tang serves as a committee member for the think tank under Shanghai AMR/FDA.