Trade and Manufacturing Monitor

News and insight from our international trade practice group
Topic: Antidumping/Countervailing Duties

GAO Report Reveals Deficiencies in Process for Collecting Antidumping and Countervailing Duties

On November 7, the United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report assessing actions the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) have taken to…

WTO Authorizes China to Impose $3.6 Billion in Trade Sanctions Against the U.S.

On November 1, 2019, the World Trade Organization (WTO) authorized China to suspend $3.579 billion in trade concessions to the United States, roughly half the $7 billion amount China had requested. The Arbitrator’s…

Department of Commerce Self-Initiates Steel Anti-Circumvention Proceeding

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on Wednesday that it is self-initiating an inquiry into whether U.S. imports of corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from Costa Rica, Guatemala, Malaysia, South Africa, or…

AD/CVD Evasion Enforcement Uptick in 2018

The Enforce and Protect Act (“EAPA”), signed into law as part of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, established procedures for a wide variety of stakeholders to submit allegations of evasion of…

CBP Updates "Guidance for Reimbursement Certificates"

Today Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published an updated version of its “Guidance for Reimbursement Certificates”; see https://www.cbp.gov/document/guidance/guidance-reimbursement-certificates .In the memorandum,…