Trade Remedy/Enforcement

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As we previously reported, Executive Order 13796 of April 29, 2017, requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the secretary of State, secretary of the Treasury, attorney general and the director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, to conduct comprehensive performance reviews of all…

On June 20, 2017, pursuant to four executive orders (EOs), the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) subjected to U.S. economic sanctions more individuals and entities involved in the ongoing Crimean conflict between Russia and Ukraine. These actions…

After several months of negotiations in the Committee on Foreign Relations, the full Senate on June 15, 2017 considered and passed a bipartisan bill by a vote of 98-2 seeking to hold both Iran and Russia accountable for their recent destabilizing activities in world affairs. S. 722 at Title I contains the Iran component of…

The Trump administration has renewed a necessary waiver regarding U.S. sanctions on Iran’s crude oil exports. This will allow Iran to continue to sell its oil in the international market despite existing U.S. sanctions that must be periodically waived under the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign…

Asserting that importers who evade antidumping and countervailing duties in place against them expose U.S. employers to unfair competition and deprive the U.S. government of lawful revenue, President Trump signed an executive order, “Establishing Enhanced Collection and Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties and Violations of Trade and Customs Laws,” on March 31. The order…

On April 29, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order creating the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy (OTMP) within the White House. Peter Navarro, who was previously named to head the White House’s National Trade Council which was never formally established, will lead the office.

OTMP’s stated mission is “to defend and serve American…

On April 29, 2017, his 100th day in office, President Trump announced an executive order directing the U.S. trade representative (USTR) and secretary of the Department of Commerce to commence a review of “all bilateral, plurilateral, and multilateral trade agreements and investment agreements to which the United States is a party” and “all trade relations…

The Department of Commerce and United States Trade Representative will hold a public hearing and seek written comments to assist in the analysis called for in Executive Order 13786 (see our prior update, “Executive Order Calls for Omnibus Report on Significant Trade Deficits”). The trading partners with which the United States had a…

On April 18, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order seeking stricter enforcement of federal procurement policies and revamping the H-1B guest-worker visa program. In remarks on signing the order, Trump stated, “With this action, we are sending a powerful signal to the world: We’re going to defend our workers, protect our jobs, and finally…

The Trump administration on April 3, 2017 issued a notice of initiation and request for public comment and information pertaining to whether the People’s Republic of China (PRC) should continue to be treated as a nonmarket economy (NME) country under the antidumping and countervailing duty laws. The notice in the Federal Register indicates that this…