On November 1, 2019, the World Trade Organization (WTO) granted China clearance to levy $3.5 billion of duties on U.S. goods in response to a WTO case where China challenged a wide-range of U.S. anti-dumping duties. The U.S. initially placed anti-dumping duties on China in an effort to fight cheap Chinese goods from flooding the
Antidumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD)
Commerce Reaches New Draft Suspension Agreement on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico
On Wednesday, August 22nd, the United States and Mexico reached a draft agreement that suspends the ongoing antidumping investigation of fresh tomatoes from Mexico. The original antidumping case was filed in 1996 by Florida tomato growers, and since then suspension agreements have been in place to manage trade between the two countries and…
Treasury Naming China a Currency Manipulator Could Impact Future CVD Cases
By Daniel Cannistra & Spencer Toubia on
Posted in Antidumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD), China
On August 5th, the U.S. Treasury labeled China a currency manipulator, a move not taken by the United States since the early 1990s, as China allowed its currency to fall to an 11-year low against the dollar. Although the People’s Bank of China played down the drop, it did link it to the…
Commerce Posts Public Tolling Memorandum for Deadlines in all AD/CVD Cases Affected by the Partial Shutdown
By Daniel Cannistra & Spencer Toubia on
Posted in Antidumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD)
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Department) posted a generic version of its tolling memorandum extending all deadlines before the Department in all Antidumping and Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD) proceedings active during the partial government shutdown.
A copy of the memorandum can be found here on the International Trade Administration’s Enforcement and Compliance Website.
Now Available On Demand – Webinar Trade in 2018 – What’s Ahead?
By Frances P. Hadfield & Edward Goetz on
Posted in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Antidumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Beneficial Ownership, Blockchain, Brexit, CAATSA, Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), Customs, EU Customs and Trade Agreements, EU Sanctions, Export Controls, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Forced Labor/U.K. Modern Slavery Act, Iran Sanctions, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), North Korea Sanctions, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Russia Sanctions, Sanctions, Section 232 Investigations, Section 232 Tariffs, Section 301 Investigation, U.K. Trade and Sanctions, U.S. Trade Policy, Venezuela Sanctions
On April 19, Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Attorneys hosted a webinar on “Trade in 2018 – What’s Ahead?”
Please click here to register and view the webinar on demand.
Summary
From the Section 232 national security tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the ongoing NAFTA re-negotiation, the Trump administration is seeking to implement…
FINAL DETERMINATION: DOC FINDS DUMPING OF BIODIESEL FROM ARGENTINA AND INDONESIA
By Edward Goetz on
Posted in Antidumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD)
On February 21, Commerce announced its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia.
For Argentina (Case No. A-357-820), the ITA calculated final dumping rates of:
| LDC Argentina S.A. | 60.44 percent |
| Vicentin S.A.I.C. | 86.41 percent |
| Renova S.A. | |
| Oleaginosa Moreno Hermanos S.A. | |
| Molinos Agro S.A. | |
| Patagonia Energia |
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FEDERAL CIRCUIT REJECTS COMMERCE ANTIDUMPING RULE CHANGE VIA GUIDANCE DOCUMENT
The U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit handed a win to a U.S. importer of glycine from China on January 23 when it determined that the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) could not amend a regulation promulgated through formal notice and comment rulemaking by means of a guidance document.
Specifically at issue was the DOC’s…
Be Prepared for Increased Duty Evasion Claims Against Importers under the False Claims Act
By John Brew, Brian Tully McLaughlin, Frances P. Hadfield & Jason M. Crawford on
If importers did not have enough to worry about in the new trade protectionist environment – higher duties from dumping, subsidy, section 201 and section 232 cases and increased enforcement – now they also may have to contend with the increased risks of whistleblower cases brought under the False Claims Act (FCA). 31 U.S.C. §§…
Safeguard tariffs imposed by U.S. on solar panels and washing machines are first since 2002 steel import restrictions.
On January 22nd, President Trump imposed new “safeguard” tariffs on imported solar panels and washing machines, which will be in place for the next three years before tapering downward. For the renewable energy industry, this is another major blow from this administration. Solar panels, most of which currently come from China will have…
Commerce Submits its Section 232 Report on Steel Imports to President Trump
The Department of Commerce submitted its report on the impact of steel mill product imports on U.S. national security to President Trump on January 11.
In a statement on its website, the Department announced that the long-awaited results of the investigation, commonly known as the Section 232 Report, will not be made public until …