On April 14, 2025, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the initiation of investigations into the effects on US national security of imports of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical...more
4/17/2025
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On February 25, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order directing the US Department of Commerce to investigate potential national security risks of copper imports, which could eventually lead to the imposition of...more
On February 26, 2025, the US Chassis Manufacturers Coalition ("Petitioner") filed an antidumping duty ("ADD") petition on imports of certain chassis and subassemblies thereof ("chassis") from Mexico, Thailand, and the...more
As global supply chains continue to suffer from ill health, M&A offers a path to recovery -
Supply chains are the lifeblood of global trade and industry, yet recent years have seen them disrupted by a multitude of...more
On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued two proclamations - Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States and Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States - modifying the steel and aluminum tariffs that he...more
On February 1, 2025, President Trump issued three executive orders directing the United States to impose new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China, to take effect on February 4, 2025. The tariffs are an...more
2/3/2025
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The three parties to the United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement (USMCA) are beginning domestic consultations ahead of the scheduled 2026 joint review, which could lead to changes in the agreement. Under a novel provision...more
11/18/2024
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Governments are intervening to an ever-greater degree in market activities through a growing array of regulatory mechanisms, as well as through direct intervention. The justifications range from notions of national security...more
On September 13, 2024, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the final Section 301 tariff increases on imports from China,1 following its original proposal in May 2024. Electric vehicles, electric vehicle...more
The Petition -
On September 5, 2024, Steel Dynamics, Inc, Nucor Corporation, United States Steel Corporation, Wheeling-Nippon Steel, Inc., and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied...more
On July 10, 2024, United States President Joseph R. Biden issued two separate proclamations that narrow the exclusions from tariffs imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ("Section 232") for certain...more
On June 5, 2024, Solvay USA LLC ("Petitioner") filed antidumping duty ("ADD") and countervailing duty ("CVD") petitions on imports of vanillin from the People's Republic of China ("China"). The ADD petition alleges that...more
The Petition -
On May 30, 2024, Electrolux Consumer Products, Inc. ("Petitioner") filed an antidumping duty ("ADD") petition on imports of large top mount combination refrigerator-freezers ("LTMCRF") from the Kingdom of...more
On May 22, 2024, the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") unveiled the details of the proposed increases in Section 301 tariffs on imports from China. If adopted, the action would raise tariffs on solar power products,...more
5/24/2024
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On May 14, 2024, the Biden administration announced expansions to the United States’ Section 301 tariffs on imports from China, proposing to raise tariffs on solar panels, electric vehicles, batteries, green energy supply...more
5/16/2024
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The Petition -
On April 24, 2024, the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee ("Petitioners") filed antidumping duty ("ADD") and countervailing duty ("CVD") petitions on imports of crystalline silicon...more
4/26/2024
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The Biden administration has announced a package of policy measures to protect the US steel, aluminum, and shipbuilding industries from what they allege are unfair trade practices by China and calling the industries critical...more
4/22/2024
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On March 25, 2024, the US Department of Commerce (“DOC”) published a final rule revising substantive and procedural aspects of antidumping duty (“ADD”) and countervailing duty (“CVD”) investigations. The changes enter into...more
4/16/2024
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The Petition -
On April 3, 2024, the US Epoxy Resin Producers Ad Hoc Coalition ("Petitioners") filed antidumping duty ("ADD") and countervailing duty ("CVD") petitions on imports of epoxy resin from China, India, South...more
The Petition -
On March 28, 2024, CC Metals and Alloys, LLC and Ferroglobe USA, Inc. (collectively, "Petitioners") filed an antidumping duty ("ADD") petition and a countervailing duty ("CVD") petition on imports of...more
The World Trade Organization’s (“WTO”) 13th Ministerial Conference (“MC13”) has extended the e-commerce customs duty moratorium for another two years, providing another short reprieve for digital services companies from the...more
On February 29, 2024, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") announced an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking ("ANPRM") that asks for public input on potential regulations to address the...more
The Petition -
On February 14, 2024, Cornerstone Chemical Company ("Petitioner") filed an antidumping duty ("ADD") petition on imports of melamine from Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago...more
2/16/2024
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The Petition -
On December 29, 2023, the U.S. Glass Producers Coalition ("Petitioners") filed an antidumping duty ("ADD") petition on imports of certain glass wine bottles from the People's Republic of China ("China"), the...more
1/4/2024
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On December 26, 2023, the Office of the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") announced it would extend the current exclusions from the China Section 301 investigation tariffs to May 31, 2024. The exclusions were...more