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Brussels Regulatory Brief: June 2024

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Antitrust and Competition - The European Commission to Take Action to Address Territorial Supply Constraints - On 24 May 2024, the EU Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, announced that the European Commission...more

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The European Commission Sends Strong Signal Against Parallel Import Restrictions

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On 23 May 2024, the European Commission (Commission) imposed a €337.5 million fine to one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chocolate, biscuits, and coffee products for restricting cross-border trade in these product...more

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Nine House Democrats Urge Biden Administration to Take Additional Steps to Counter Threat Posed by China’s Automotive Exports

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On April 9, 2024, nine House Democrats wrote US Trade Representative Katherine Tai, urging “additional action of the imminent danger posed by the expansion of Chinese automotive exports.” The nine House Democrats include five...more

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Europe Daily News, 12 March 2024

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COMPETITION - - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11420 - Blackstone / Vista / Adapt2)... - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11411 - BPIFrance / Meridiam / Exoes)...more

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Brussels Regulatory Brief: February 2024

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Antitrust and Competition - The European Commission Carried Out Unannounced Inspections in the Tires Sector - On 30 January 2024, the Commission conducted dawn raids at the premises of several companies active in the tires...more

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Europe Daily News, 29 February 2024

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COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11454 - KKR / Veritas / Cotiviti) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11474 - HPS / Berlin Brands Group)...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Competition Law: Massive Fines for Harming Parallel Imports

On June 19, an amendment to Israel’s Economic Competition Law was approved. This amendment adds provisions prohibiting direct importers from harming parallel imports and personal imports. It also enables the imposition of...more

Fish & Richardson

ITC Monthly Wrap-Up: March 2023

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The International Trade Commission issued two final determinations in March in the 1265 and 1278 investigations. The Commission found respondents violated Section 337 in the 1265 investigation, but not in the 1278...more

Hogan Lovells

Despite continuance, the Biden administration still considering relief on China Section 301 Tariffs

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Last month, on 8 September 2022, USTR announced that representatives of domestic industries benefiting from the tariff actions in the Section 301 investigation of “China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology...more

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EU Chips Act: The EU's Push for Semiconductor Autonomy

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Background  - Recent supply disruptions in the semiconductor industry have highlighted the dependence of many global economies, including the EU, on imported chips manufactured in Asia....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

America COMPETES Act v. US Innovation and Competition Act—Summary of Key Differences and Takeaways

On Friday, February 4, 2022, the House passed the America COMPETES Act on nearly a straight party line vote to, among many other priorities, fund domestic semiconductor chip manufacturing, dramatically increase scientific...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - February 2022: Understanding the America Competes Act of 2022 – What Upcoming Major Changes to...

The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology recently voted to advance the America Competes Act of 2022 “the Act.” This comes after the Senate passed its version of the bill, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act,...more

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Senate passes online country of origin labeling requirements under the USICA

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On 8 June 2021, the Senate passed the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), which contains a wide range of provisions aimed at improving the United States’ global economic competitiveness, particularly toward China. ...more

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Ten Things to Know About Successful Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Cases

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U.S. manufacturers face many challenges, but they do not do so alone. An entire system of trade laws and enforcement exists to help “level the playing field” and respond to competition from unfairly priced imports. Sometimes...more

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Mexican Court Suspends New Hydrocarbons and Fuels Import and Export Rules Enacted by Ministry of Energy

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On February 16, 2021, in an amparo proceeding, a Mexican court specializing in economic competition issued a provisional suspension of the Resolution That Establishes the Goods Whose Import and Export Are Subject to...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.13.2019 | Top Story: US Announces Phase One Trade Agreement With China, But No Confirmation From Chinese

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The US and China have reportedly reached an initial agreement on the “final terms of a phase one trade deal, moving both countries closer to signing a pact that” the White House originally announced in October and averting...more

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The holiday shopping rush is here – Eight things retailers need to know this season

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As the saying goes, it's the most wonderful time of the year – but it is also the busiest time for retailers. As merchants seek to cash in on the holiday shopping rush, we are noticing trends that have potentially significant...more

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Doing Business in Germany: Consumer Sector

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Germany should not be a blank spot on your company map. Located at the center of Continental Europe, it is the world’s fourth biggest economy and the home of some of the biggest companies in the world. It plays a key role in...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

ITC to Review Controversial Apple-Qualcomm Decision

As anticipated, on December 12, 2018, the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) issued a notice to review the Final Initial Determination and Recommended Determination (“FID”) issued by Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”)...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Strategic Advice for Defending an Investigation in the U.S. ITC from a Position of Strength

The U.S.-China trade relationship is at an especially unique moment following the countries’ imposition of tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of each other’s goods....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

The Section 301 and Section 232 Trade Actions: Managing the Impact of New Trade Restrictions

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The first half of 2018 has seen the United States place sweeping import tariffs on steel and aluminum products, and on thousands of Chinese products. In response, China, the European Union, Canada and other countries have...more

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Scrap Separating/Crushing/Grinding Equipment: Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Comments on China 301 Tariff List

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) submitted May 11th comments to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“Office”) in regards to the Administration’s review in consideration of imposing...more

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ITC Issues Report On Competitive Conditions Affecting U.S. Aluminum Industry

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On February 24, 2016, the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee (the Committee) requested, under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930, that the International Trade Commission (the Commission) conduct a...more

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Protecting Your Manufacturing Innovations from Foreign Competition

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Commercial necessity often dictates that even though an innovation in the manufacturing process for a product occurs in the United States, the product may actually be made overseas and then sent to the United States for sale....more

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Brexit: What’s Ahead? Let the Games Begin

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This is the fourth in an ongoing series of Dashboard Insights blog posts on the implications of the June 23, 2016 voter referendum in the United Kingdom (“UK”) to exit the European Union (“EU”) (“Brexit”). Prior articles...more

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