New Zealand Terror, SEC vs. VW, Google Fine: Daily CEO March 15, 2019



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Chinese law

China has approved a new law designed to level the playing field for foreign investors by giving them better access to markets and ensuring that trade information and trade secrets are better protected by the authorities. However, the US Chamber of Commerce has pointed out that there is not enough detail and that sectors such as fisheries, gene research and the media remain closed to foreign investment. Morning of South China

Question of espionage

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said China never asked its companies to spy on its behalf and pledged not to do so. The pledge was given in response to a question at a press conference Friday on US-China competition. The promise is questionable, however, given China's intelligence law, which stipulates that companies must help authorities carry out intelligence activities. the Wall Street newspaper

School strikes

Schoolchildren around the world are on strike today to protest the government's inaction on climate change. "As young people who inherit the land, we are meeting here to demand that the government work with us to solve these problems," said Thai teenager Thiti Usanakul. The strike was launched last August by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg. Reuters

Mark Karpeles

Mark Karpeles, former CEO of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Gox has been acquitted of most charges against him in Japan, such as embezzlement and aggravated breach of trust. The Tokyo District Court found him guilty only of falsifying data; Gox's badets – for which he was sentenced to a suspended sentence. CNN

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