On April 15, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order (EO) directing the Secretary of Commerce to initiate an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232), to determine...more
On April 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) released draft Federal Register notices soliciting public comments in two previously unannounced investigations into the national security impacts of imported...more
Background: From 2018 to 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) conducted an investigation under Section 232 into the national security effects of U.S. automotive imports. In its February 17, 2019 report in the...more
On January 16, 2025, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) determined, pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, that China’s targeting of the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors for dominance is unreasonable...more
1/22/2025
/ Antitrust Violations ,
China ,
Competition ,
Imports ,
National Security ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Relations ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Unfair Competition ,
USTR
On March 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued a final rule designed to “improve, strengthen and enhance” its antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) regulations. The final rule largely adopts...more
On December 28, 2023, the White House published presidential proclamations extending the tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) in place on imports of steel and aluminum products from the European Union (EU) until December 31, 2025....more
In a January 27, 2023 statement before a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body, the United States indicated that it would appeal a series of recent WTO panel reports finding that its 2018...more
On August 1, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) filed remand results with the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) in a major litigation over the lawfulness of import duties levied on Chinese goods...more
In this webinar, attorneys from our International Trade group will provide the latest overview of:
- The current state of U.S. trade remedy laws and the Biden Administration’s implementation and enforcement of those...more
On May 5, 2022, the U.S. International Trade Commission (the ITC) issued a draft Federal Register notice detailing the schedule for a new general fact-finding investigation into the economic impact of Section 232 and Section...more
After more than a year of debate in the U.S. Congress as to the scope and enforceability, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA or Act) passed Congress with strong bipartisan support. President Biden has publicly...more
12/28/2021
/ China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Forced Labor ,
Goods or Services ,
Imports ,
Joe Biden ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
PRC ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
SDN List ,
Secretary of Commerce ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Department of State
Reps. Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Bill Johnson (R-OH) have introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen U.S. trade remedy law and equip administering authorities with new tools to address unfair trade practices. The...more
12/3/2021
/ Anti-Dumping Duty ,
China ,
Cross-Border ,
Duties ,
Evasion ,
Imports ,
Investigations ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Subsidies ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Unfair Trade Practices Act
On October 5, 2021, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) posted a draft Federal Register notice soliciting comments regarding the reinstatement of certain previously-expired exclusions from the Section 301...more
On September 24, 2021, the Department of Commerce announced that its Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is investigating whether imports of neodymium-ironboron (NdFeB) permanent magnets, or rare earth magnets, undermine...more
9/30/2021
/ Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Comment Period ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Government Investigations ,
Imports ,
National Security ,
Rare Earth Metals ,
Section 232 ,
Supply Chain ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US Trade Policies
On Monday, September 20, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published its Final Rule modifying regulations affecting certain antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) proceedings. Commerce proposed these...more
On July 19, 2021, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and Representative Scott Peters (D-CA) introduced legislation that would create a border tax on carbon-intensive imports. The carbon border adjustment proposal is part of the...more
On July 13, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) released its opinion in an appeal concerning Section 232 duties on Turkish steel products. In a 2-1 decision, the appeals court reversed a lower court...more