How to Fight Back Against an AD or CVD Petition
What you as an importer, exporter or foreign producer should do if you see an AD/CVD action heading your way.
The US-China “Phase One” Deal — No Text, No Translation. What, Me Worry?
The United States and China are scheduled to have a grand signing ceremony on January 15 for the “Phase One” deal that is supposed to solve the U.S.-China trade war. Though more than 200 guests have been invited to attend the ceremony, no one knows exactly what they will be signing because the text of
How to Avoid China Tariffs: Make an Exclusion Request and Fast
The seemingly endless U.S.-China trade war keeps slogging along. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has already imposed 25% tariffs on $250 billion of Chinese imports on three previous lists (List 1 = $34 billion starting from July 2018, List 2 = $16 billion from August 2018, List 3 = $200 billion from
Tariffs Against China Products: A Roadmap on What YOU Should do Now
1. The New Tariffs The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) formally published a notice in the Federal Register (this means it is official) confirming President Trump’s by now famous weekend tweet: U.S. imports of Chinese products, valued at $200 billion, that have been subject to 10 percent tariff since September 24, 2018, will now be subject to
U.S. Tariffs Against Vaping Imports from China: Don’t Let Your Industry go up in Smoke
Like so many other U.S. industries, the U.S. vaping industry is now in the crosshairs of a 25% tariff on products imported from China. The first two waves of proposed tariffs against China covered about $50 billion worth of Chinese products, but did not include vaping products. After China retaliated and proposed its own equivalent
China/U.S. Tariffs and How to Fight Back
President Trump last week announced that the U.S. will impose 25% tariffs on about $50 billion worth of Chinese imports, to punish China for its “systematic theft” of U.S. intellectual property and/or to reduce America’s trade deficit with China. China fired back by announcing it would impose 25% tariffs on about $50 billion worth of
The “Easy to Win” Trade War Against China and the World
President Trump has his trade war, but it is not just against China. This trade war is the United States against the World. President Trump has announced tariffs of 25% on steel imports and 10% on aluminum imports under Section 232 of the United States’ National Security law. Because Section 232 is not a trade
Using Section 337 Cases to Block Counterfeit Products from Entering the United States
With Amazon and Ebay having increased their efforts at bringing in Chinese sellers and with Chinese manufacturers branching out and making their own products, the number of companies contacting our international intellectual property lawyers about problems with counterfeit products and knockoffs has soared. If the problem involves infringing products being imported into the United States,
Beware the False Claims Act When Importing Products
The U.S. Government has been cracking the whip on products illegally transshipped from China. Chinese companies and U.S. importers of their products often tell me they are not concerned about U.S. Antidumping (“AD”) and Countervailing Duty (“CVD”) orders because they can “just get around those orders by transshipping our products to Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Sri
United States Importer of Record Liability
The US Importer of Record is liable for antidumping and countervailing duties tied to the product imported. The Importer of Record is the company listed in Block 26 of the U.S. Customs 7501 form. Importer of Record must exercise reasonable care in importing products and in filling out Customs forms Under US Antidumping (AD), Countervailing