On July 27, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a significant decision in a case involving the alleged evasion of antidumping duties assessed on pencils of Chinese origin by Royal Brush Manufacturing, Inc. (Royal Brush) under the Enforce and Protect Act of 2015 (EAPA). The EAPA is a statutory scheme
Department of Commerce Issues Proposed Modifications to Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Regulations
On May 9, 2023, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) published proposed rules (“Proposed Rules”) to amend certain areas in its antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) regulations to “enhance, improve, and strengthen its enforcement of trade remedies.” Interested parties may submit comments by July 10, 2023.
Commerce’s Proposed Rules cover 22 different topics that
Plaintiffs File Notice of Appeal in China Section 301 Tariff Refund Litigation
On May 12, 2023, the plaintiff group in the China Section 301 tariff refund litigation, in response to the recently issued decision by the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) upholding those Section 301 tariffs, formally filed its Notice of Appeal. The appeal will be heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
UPDATED: President Biden Issues Proclamations Increasing the Tariff Rates on Russian Aluminum to 200% and Significantly Increasing Rates on Other Russian Products
On the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Joseph Biden on February 24, 2023, issued a Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States to implement: (1) effective March 10, 2023, a 200% import tariff on aluminum articles and derivative aluminum articles that are the products of Russia, and (2) effective
GAO Audit: AD/CVD Process Ensures Petitions Are Not Meritless, Inaccurate, Incomplete or Filed to Obstruct Domestic Market Competition
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U.S. Tin Mill Products Industry Files Petitions Seeking Trade Remedies For Imports From Eight Countries
In multiple petitions filed on January 18, 2023, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (collectively, “the Petitioners”) requested the imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. imports of certain tin- and chromium-coated steel sheet products (“tin mill products”) from Canada, China, Germany, Netherlands
U.S. Paper File Folder Industry Files Petition Alleging Injury from Dumped Imports from China, India and Vietnam and Subsidized Imports from India
In an October 12, 2022 petition, the Coalition of Domestic Folder Manufacturers (“Coalition”) alleged that paper file folder imports from China, India and Vietnam are being sold in the United States at less than fair market value with dumping rates as high as 236% and that paper file folder imports from India are benefitting from