In a recent opinion, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) upheld its categorical ban of the importation of fish and fish products caught with gillnets in the habitat of the critically endangered vaquita, off the coast of
International Trade Law Compass
The International Trade Law Compass, published by Fox Rothschild LLP, focuses on developments in international trade law including tariffs, trade agreements, customs regulations, and foreign investment controls. It covers topics such as U.S. trade policy changes affecting imports and exports, compliance with trade agreements like USMCA, tariff disputes and retaliations, country of origin marking requirements, and regulatory updates on foreign investment reviews under laws like FIRRMA. The blog provides guidance on trade compliance, certificates of origin, and the impact of geopolitical events on trade relations, particularly between the U.S., China, Canada, and Hong Kong.
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Global Trade Resources from the WTO
On Monday, July 30, 2018, the World Trade Organization (WTO) released new resources regarding trends in global trade. The resources issued by the WTO are the latest editions of the annual publications of World Trade Statistical Review, Trade Profiles and…
Trump Administration Announces New Section 301 Tariffs on Chinese Goods
On July 10, 2018, the Trump Administration announced a list of proposed tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods pursuant to Section 301 of The U.S. Trade Act of 1974. The proposed products are potentially subject to a 10 percent…
Pool Floats Deemed Plastics, Not Textiles
In a recent opinion, the US Court of International Trade (CIT) found that certain fabric covered pool floats should be classified as plastics — not textiles — for tariff purposes. Despite the textile elements of the floats, the sequential…
U.S. Steel Users Challenge Constitutionality of 25% Tariff Increase
On June 27, 2018, a coalition of U.S. steel users, the American Institute for International Steel (“AIIS”), and two steel trading companies filed a complaint in the United States Court of International Trade (“CIT”) challenging the Trump Administration’s imposition of a…
Duties Imposed On Nails Are Not Applicable To Zinc Wall Anchors
On Tuesday, May 29, 2018, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that the anti-dumping and countervailing duties for steel nails from Vietnam do not apply to zinc wall anchors.
In August 2016, OMG Inc. asked the Department of…
CIT Upholds Commerce Duties on UAE Nails
In a May 22, 2018 Opinion and Order, the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT) upheld the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) use of a Thai nail producer, rather than a Dubai producer, as a surrogate for the calculation…
Alert: What U.S. Companies Need To Know About Renewed Iran Sanctions
On May 8, President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal completed in 2015, otherwise known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The scuttling of the deal re-imposes sanctions on the…
Fed. Circuit Reverses ITC on Substantial Transformation for AD and CVD Goods
In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit reversed a holding by the US Court of International Trade (“ITC”) and held that the US Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) should perform a substantial transformation analysis to determine the country of origin…
Vietnamese Fish Producers Challenge Antidumping Duty Rates
In an earlier post, we examined the U.S. Court of International Trade’s (CIT) opinion in which it sustained the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) shift of position on antidumping duties for frozen fish fillets from Vietnam.
Two recently filed…