New U.S. antidumping (“AD”) duty and countervailing duty petitions were filed on June 5 by Solvay USA, LLC (“Solvay” or “Petitioner”) against imports of vanillin from China....more
On April 22, Mexico increased import duties to 544 tariff lines ranging between 5% and 50%. The increase will be enforced for two years, ending in April 2026....more
On Aug. 28, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”), proposed new regulations revising certain aspects of the exclusion process for Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs. BIS also requested...more
On March 11, President Biden announced that the United States, along with the Group of Seven (“G7”) and the European Union, is taking action to deny Russia most-favored-nation (“MFN”) status, a move that will significantly...more
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New U.S. antidumping (“AD”) duty petitions were filed on Dec. 29, 2021, by Ventura Coastal, LLC against imports of lemon juice from Brazil and South Africa. The merchandise covered by these petitions consists of certain...more
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it is accepting comments on whether to impose 25 percent tariffs on roughly $880 billion of goods imported from Austria, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey,...more
A new U.S. antidumping (“AD”) duty petition was filed on October 28, 2020, by Unifi Manufacturing, Inc. and Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, America against imports of polyester textured yarn from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand,...more
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) has announced an investigation into Vietnam’s currency practices and its import and use of illegal lumber, with notices in the Federal Register planned for...more
On September 10, 2020, Plaintiffs HMTX Industries LLC (“HMTX”), Halstead New England Corporation (“Halstead”), and Metroflor Corporation (“Metroflor”) filed a complaint at the Court of International Trade (“CIT”) alleging...more
A new U.S. antidumping (“AD”) and countervailing duty (“CVD”) petition was filed on March 27, 2020, by Worthington Industries against imports of non-refillable steel cylinders from the People’s Republic of China.
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On January 24, 2020, President Donald J. Trump issued a proclamation imposing additional duties on imports of derivative aluminum and derivative steel articles. ...more
On December 2nd, the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced proposed tariffs on certain imports from France. Much like current tariffs against China, if they are approved, the tariffs against French products...more
The International Trade Commission (“ITC”) has announced a new petition cycle for domestic manufacturers to seek temporary duty suspensions and reductions in accordance with the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of...more
A new antidumping (“AD”) duty trade case was filed on July 8, 2019 by U.S. producers Advanced Extrusion Inc., Ex-Tech Plastics, Inc., and Multi-Plastics Extrusions, Inc., against imports of polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”)...more
On June 17, 2019, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) will hold a public hearing related to the fourth list of Chinese products that could be subject to additional ad valorem duty of up to 25 percent. ...more
On September 24, 2018, the President imposed a 10% tariff on a third list of Chinese goods with a value of $200 billion. These tariffs applied to more than 6,000 tariff subheadings covering everything from food products to...more
On May 6, 2019, President Trump signaled that China has chosen to retreat from specific commitments agreed to in earlier rounds of negotiations, and on May 8, 2019, the Office of the United States Trade Representative...more
New U.S. antidumping (“AD”) and/or countervailing duty (“CVD”) investigations were filed on February 20, 2019 by Vulcan Steel Products Inc. (“Petitioner”) against imports of carbon and alloy steel threaded rod (“CASTR”) from...more
New U.S. antidumping (“AD”) duty investigations were filed on February 18, 2019 by the Coalition for Acetone Free Trade (“Petitioner”) against imports of acetone from Belgium, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, and...more
New U.S. antidumping (“AD”) and countervailing duty (“CVD”) investigations were filed on February 1, 2019 by the American Institute of Steel Construction, LLC (“Petitioner”) against imports of certain fabricated structural...more
New US antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CVD) duty investigations were filed on September 21, 2018 by Encore Wire Corporation and Southwire Company (petitioners) against imports of aluminum wire and cable from China....more
President Trump on July 10, 2018 fired another salvo in the trade war with China when he proposed the imposition of a 10% tariff on another $200 billion of Chinese goods. This proposal is a counterattack on China’s...more
Making true on his earlier threat, President Trump on June 15, 2018 approved the imposition of a tariff of 25% on approximately $50 billion worth of Chinese imports. Last April, the Administration issued a proposed list of...more
On April 4, 2018, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) proposed 25% tariffs on a multitude of imported goods from China. The covered products span 1,300 separate tariff classification lines....more
On March 19, 2018, the Department of Commerce (“DOC”) published a notice of interim rules for requesting exclusions from the new Section 232 tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. These tariffs, 25% on steel and 10% on...more