U.S.-China Trade Agreement Legal Affairs

The Trade Agreement between China and the U.S., as any agreement does, imposes obligations or grant rights to the parties. As is known by the public, the Chinese versions comes into being from “translation” of the English version instead of being independently negotiated. The differences between the two legal systems, between the two languages, and even between the mentalities of the two peoples all play a part, not to mention the entanglement of translation theories and legal terms. Every word, be it complex or simple, is associated with obligations and rights, negligence in translation not acceptable