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Antidumping Investigations
In the United States, our antidumping practice regularly includes high-stakes litigation before the US Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission. We also advise companies on programs to reduce the risk of antidumping liability through corporate planning and Commerce Department administrative reviews, and work with US Customs and Border Patrol to address circumvention and enforcement issues. In addition, we represent clients in appellate litigation before the US Court of International Trade, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and NAFTA panels.
In Europe, we have extensive experience working with the European Commission, lobbying the Anti-Dumping Advisory Committee and appealing cases to the European Court of First Instance.
We have also represented clients in foreign antidumping proceedings arising under the laws of Argentina, Canada, Mexico, Uruguay, China, Indonesia, Korea, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand and Venezuela, and in numerous GATT and WTO appeals. One of our lawyers, while in government, served as lead counsel in multiple US WTO challenges to foreign antidumping duties on US products.
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Countervailing Duty Investigations and Government Subsidies
WilmerHale’s trade practice has established an international track record in countervailing duty investigations and government subsidy disputes. Both within and outside the practice, our lawyers have extensive experience in cases at the cutting edge of policy, law and economic analysis. Some of our lawyers also have extensive government experience dealing with subsidies issues. -
Safeguard Investigations
Safeguard investigations, such as US investigations under section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 and the China-specific safeguards, arise when a domestic industry believes it is being injured by fairly traded imports. Safeguard cases entail complexities that other trade remedy investigations do not, given that the final decision to impose import restrictions rests with the President of the United States. These cases also often involve multiple products and countries.
Given these complexities, legal, policy and political tools are generally necessary to achieve a client’s objective–tools that our team has developed from their experience in private practice and government.
Experience
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Antidumping Investigation
Represented Chrysler in the antidumping case brought by China against imports of automobiles from the US.
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Antidumping Investigation
Represented Smiths Detection in a successful antidumping case brought in the EU challenging Nuctech, its Chinese competitor; we are defending Smiths in the antidumping case subsequently brought by China. -
Antidumping Investigation
Represented DuPont and other US chemical companies in numerous successful antidumping investigations, administrative reviews and sunset reviews, including related court appeals, covering imports of several different polymer products from a variety of countries. -
Antidumping Investigation
Represented two of the largest Chinese producers in the biggest antidumping case against China to date. The two producers are the only two Chinese companies not subject to antidumping duties. -
Antidumping Investigation
Represented the Japanese oil country tubular goods industry in securing revocation of a US antidumping order through a US International Trade Commission sunset review and federal court appeal. -
Antidumping Investigation
Represented the Chinese ball bearing industry in successfully defending against a US antidumping petition at the US International Trade Commission and in a federal court appeal. -
Antidumping Investigation
Represented numerous companies and associations, as well as the European Commission itself, in appeals before the European Court of Justice CFI concerning EU customs and antidumping rules. -
Countervailing Duty Investigation
Represented companies, trade associations and governments in numerous countervailing duty investigations in the US and the EU. -
Countervailing Duty Investigation
Represented companies, trade associations and governments in numerous countervailing duty investigations in the US and the EU. -
Government Subsidies
Represented companies in litigation before the US Court of International Trade, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the European Court of First Justice involving appeals of countervailing duty determinations. -
Government Subsidies
Advised clients in cutting-edge WTO subsidies disputes, including regarding EU and US support for large civil aircraft as well as the Brazil—Aircraft, Foreign Sales Corporation, EC—Sugar, and Brazil—Desiccated Coconut cases. -
Government Subsidies
Represented companies seeking to address improper use of subsidies by other countries to bolster domestic industries. -
Government Subsidies
Advised governments in structuring their programs to ensure consistency with international subsidy rules. -
Safeguard Investigation
Serving as the USTR’s safeguards lawyer, including representing the United States in the WTO challenges to US safeguard measures on lamb meat and steel wire rod and as Third Party in the WTO challenge to Argentina’s safeguard measure on peaches. -
Safeguard Investigation
Negotiating the special safeguard mechanism for China as well as the US implementing regulations. -
Safeguard Investigation
Serving as the lead US government lawyer in the first petition to use the China special safeguard mechanism, as well as assisting in defending the President’s decision before the Court of International Trade. -
Safeguard Investigation
Negotiating the safeguard provisions in various US bilateral free trade agreements and drafting the implementing legislation.