Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: Evasion and Circumvention
10 Key Trade Developments: Trade Remedy Cases
10 Key Trade Developments: China
U.S. Department of Commerce Imposes Sweeping Country-Wide Import Duties on Certain Solar Cells and Models
Yesterday the US Department of Commerce (Commerce) published the most comprehensive revisions to its regulations for enforcing trade remedy laws since the 1990s - the completion of a rulemaking process that started under the...more
The Trump administration has recently taken a new approach by levying legal and administrative action against Hong Kong as part of its strategy to lessen U.S. reliance on foreign trade, particularly China. As background, on...more
In Husch Blackwell’s July 2020 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law: •President Trump’s Executive Order ends Hong Kong country of origin •USTR...more
The U.S. International Trade Commission, a quasi-judicial federal agency that administers U.S. trade remedy laws, has announced new leadership. President Trump designated Jason E. Kearns as Chairman and Randolph J. Stayin as...more
On April 22, 2020, the United States International Trade Commission (“USITC”) unanimously determined that there was reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of common alloy...more
Exporters and US importers of goods claiming Vietnamese origin face increasing risk. President Trump recently indicated his administration will pay close attention to goods exported from Vietnam, including those suspected of...more
On January 15, 2020, U.S. President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed a Phase 1 trade deal between the countries. The agreement includes a pledge from China to increase its imports of U.S. goods and services by...more
Throughout his presidency, President Trump has used tariffs – and the threat of tariffs – to address an unprecedented variety of economic and national security threats. As if to underscore the point, on December 2, 2019, the...more
In Husch Blackwell’s October 2019 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law. The current and future status of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement- Opening Day,...more
The US' ongoing trade wars—with various trading partners and particularly with China—are everywhere in the news. Putting politics and policy aside, the "trade wars" reflect a basic disagreement over the rules that should...more
Despite a volatile, uncertain trade environment, you can take steps to protect your US market share - One year into the US-China trade war, after several waves of unprecedented punitive US tariffs on US$250 billion worth...more
On August 5, 2019, the US Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") announced that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, "under the auspices of President Trump," has determined that China is a "currency manipulator" pursuant to...more
On August 1, 2019, President Trump announced in a tweet that the United States will impose a duty of 10 percent on $300 billion of Chinese imports beginning on September 1, 2019. As of the issuance of this alert, the...more
This white paper lays out a twelve-step program for dealing with the Trump administration trade war, both for importers who are dealing with special tariffs and the sharp increase in antidumping and countervailing duty...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Congress: House Democrats directed their pent up ire at President Donald Trump towards Attorney General Barr last week, after he refused to come testify before the House...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Congress in Recess. Congress continues to be in recess this week and will return on April 29. ...more
U.S. Department of Commerce Decisions- On March 29, 2019, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released the 2019 National Trade Estimate (NTE). The NTE is an annual report on the status of foreign trade and...more
The year 2018 may be remembered as a turning point for US trade policy and the international trading system. The Trump administration took several unilateral trade actions, including the imposition of global "national...more
Presidential Actions- President Trump Terminates Trade Preference Program Eligibility for Mauritania- On November 2, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to terminate Mauritania’s eligibility for trade preference...more
On 30 September, after an intensive, last-minute flurry of negotiations, Canada joined the United States and Mexico in a new trilateral agreement to replace the original North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA 1.0). ...more
The United States, Canada and Mexico on September 30 announced the framework for a new, revised trade agreement to replace NAFTA, called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (the “USMCA”)....more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Kavanaugh Vote. The Senate was previously planning to tee up the final vote on Kavanaugh over the weekend, but the vote on the floor has been delayed a week to accommodate a...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Appropriations. The Senate is expected to begin work this week on its next minibus appropriations bill- a package that would contain the Defense and Labor-HHS spending bills....more
This article suggests steps you should take to survive the current trade war. We are now in a trade war regardless of the fact that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin would rather we call it “a situation of trade disputes.”...more
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TRADE - Trade Policy - E.U.: The E.U. gave approval to the imposition of a 10% levy against a $3.2 billion worth of imports from the United States on a range of products in retaliation for the 25%...more