On October 4, 2023, a coalition of 14 U.S. aluminum extruders and the United Steelworkers (Petitioners) filed antidumping duty (AD) petitions on aluminum extrusions from Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India,...more
On September 28, 2023, Eastman Kodak Company (Petitioner) filed antidumping duty (AD) petitions on aluminum lithographic printing plates from China and Japan and a countervailing duty (CVD) petition on aluminum lithographic...more
On July 28, 2023, antidumping duty (AD) petitions were filed on mattresses from Bosnian & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burma, India, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Taiwan, and a countervailing duty...more
On May 31, 2023, the Coalition for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags (consisting of Novolex Holdings, LLC and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International...more
The week of June 12, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released two important guidance documents to prepare the public for the implementation of the Uyghur Forced...more
In a highly anticipated development, on May 3, 2022, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the initiation of a statutory process whereby USTR is expected to conduct a reassessment of the existing Section 301...more
On March 31, 2022, Giorgio Foods, Inc., (Petitioner) filed antidumping duty (AD) petitions on certain preserved mushrooms from France, Netherlands, Poland and Spain.
The U.S. AD law imposes special tariffs to counteract...more
On March 22, 2022, the United States and the United Kingdom announced a bilateral deal to resolve a three-year dispute over steel and aluminum tariffs.
The announcement follows another bilateral deal reached in October...more
On February 7, 2022, the United States announced actions to ease Section 232 tariffs on Japanese-origin steel products in exchange for Japan’s commitments in several key trade areas.
The announcement comes on the heels...more
On January 25, 2022, Democratic leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled long-awaited legislation, the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength...more
On January 12, 2022, Chemical Products Corporation (Petitioner) filed antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petitions on Barium Chloride. The U.S. AD law imposes special tariffs to counteract imports that are...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently announced details implementing the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) system that the United States and the European Union (EU) negotiated as a replacement for Section 232 national...more
On June 30, 2021, CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC, Terra Nitrogen LP, and Terra International (Oklahoma) LLC filed antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petitions on Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions (UAM) from Russia...more
On June 30, 2021, Zeon Chemicals L.P. and Zeon GP, LLC filed antidumping duty (AD) petitions on Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber (also known as NBR) from France, Mexico and Korea. The petitioners believe they are the only...more
On May 27, 2021, the Senate voted to amend the United States Innovation and Competition Act (the Act), formerly the Endless Frontier Act, a bill that started as an effort to increase the United States’ competitive advantage...more
On January 7, 2021, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that new tariffs on certain French products are indefinitely suspended. According to USTR, the duties — which resulted from a Section 301...more
With less than three weeks remaining before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States, the Trump administration launched the latest salvo in the decades-long trans-Atlantic dispute...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has announced upcoming changes to improve its Section 232 exclusion process. The initial rollout of the Section 232 exclusion process via the Federal eRulemaking website was...more
On October 28, 2020, Unifi Manufacturing, Inc., and Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, America (Petitioners) filed antidumping duty (AD) petitions on polyester textured yarn from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
The...more
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register on October 8, 2020 the initiation of two investigations into Vietnam’s acts, policies and practices related to currency valuation, and the...more
On October 7, 2020, Appvion Operations, Inc. and Domtar Corporation (Petitioners) filed antidumping duty (AD) petitions on thermal paper from Germany, Japan, Korea and Spain.
The U.S. AD law imposes special tariffs to...more
You may have asked yourself, “can I still file a court challenge against the Section 301 List 3 tariffs?” after learning that over 3,500 importers filed cases at the Court of International Trade (CIT) challenging the...more
On September 10, 2020, three importers filed a complaint at the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), HMTX Industries LLC et al. v. United States, which challenges the procedural steps and authority of the U.S. Trade...more
On July 30, 2020, the Coalition of American Chassis Manufacturers (Coalition) filed antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petitions on certain chassis and subassemblies thereof from China. The Coalition consists of...more
On July 29, 2020, Novus International, Inc. (Novus) filed antidumping (AD) petitions on methionine from France, Japan and Spain. Methionine is a sulfur-containing amino acid that is most commonly used as an additive for...more