China Business Law Podcast

S2E5 - The Xiaomi Playbook: A Successful Challenge to the U.S. Ban

Episode Summary

No matter your position on Chinese companies being put on a blacklist by the US government, you have to admire the due process these companies still get in court when a rule is challenged. Enter Xiaomi, which recently won a federal lawsuit to get off the black list banning US investors to buy and sell its stock. We talk with Tim O'Toole, Partner at Miller & Chevalier Chartered, who himself has appeared numerous times before the judge in this Xiaomi case. On whether this ruling opens up the floodgates for other Chinese companies to follow suit and challenge their bans.