Trade Matters Handled

U.S. Antidumping, Countervailing Duty and Safeguard Cases Handled

• Aluminum Extrusions from China (2010)
• Antifriction Bearings from Singapore (1994-2004)
• Antifriction Bearings from Thailand (1997)
• Bicycles from China (1996)
• Brake Drums from China (1996)
• Brake Rotors from China (1996-2002)
• Canned Mushrooms from China (2006-2008)
• Canned Mushrooms from Indonesia (1998-2004)
• Canned Pineapple Fruit from Thailand (2001)
• Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Malaysia (1995)
• Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan (1994)
• Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from China (2007)
• Circular Welded Pipe and Tube from India (1993)
• Cold Rolled Carbon Steel Products from Canada (1993)
• Cold Rolled Carbon Steel Products from Indonesia (2000)
• Cold Rolled Carbon Steel Products from Japan (1993)
• Collated Roofing Nails from China (1996)
• Collated Roofing Nails from Taiwan (1996)
• Color Television Receivers from Taiwan (1996)
• Compact Ductile Iron Waterworks from China (1993)
• Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Products from Canada (1993)
• Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Canada (1993)
• Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from China (1995)
• Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Indonesia (1998-2001)
• Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Ukraine (1996)
• Desk Drawer Slides from China (1994)
• DRAM Semiconductors from Taiwan (1999)
• Extruded Rubber Thread from Indonesia (2001)
• Extruded Rubber Thread from Malaysia (1992-2004)
• Folding Chairs and Tables from China (2005)
• Folding Gift Boxes from China (2001)
• Fresh Cut Flowers from Colombia (1994)
• Fresh Cut Roses from Colombia (1994)
• Fresh Cut Roses from Ecuador (1994)
• Frozen Fish Fillets from Vietnam (2002)
• Hand Trucks from China (2007-)
• Helical Spring Lock Washers from China (1994-2003)
• Hot Rolled Carbon Steel Products from Canada (1993)
• Hot Rolled Carbon Steel Products from Indonesia (2001)
• Iron Construction Castings from China (1993)
• Ironing Tables from China (2007)
• Lawn Groomers from China (2008)
• Lead and Bismuth Steel Bar from Brazil (1993)
• Light Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from China (2007)
• Magnesia Carbon Bricks from China (2009)
• Melamine Institutional Dinnerware from China (1996)
• Melamine Institutional Dinnerware from Indonesia (1996)
• Melamine Institutional Dinnerware from Taiwan (1996)
• Narrow Gauge Ribbon with Selvedge from China (2009)
• Narrow Gauge Ribbon with Selvedge from Taiwan (2009)
• Non-Malleable Pipe Fittings from China (2004)
• Oil Country Tubular Goods from China (2009)
• Oil Country Tubular Goods from Indonesia (2002)
• Paint Brushes from China (1996)
• Paint Brushes from Indonesia (1999)
• PC Strand from Thailand (2003)
• Persulfates from China (2000-2003)
• PET Film from Taiwan (2009-)
• PET Film from Thailand (2007)
• Pipe from Malaysia (2001)
• Polyester Staple Fiber from Taiwan (1999-2003)
• Polyethylene Retail Carrying Bags from Indonesia (2009)
• Polyethylene Retail Carrying Bags from Malaysia (2004)
• Polyethylene Retail Carrying Bags from Taiwan (2009)
• Polyethylene Retail Carrying Bags from Thailand (2004)
• Polyethylene Retail Carrying Bags from Vietnam (2009)
• Polystyrene from Indonesia (2000)
• Polyvinyl Alcohol from Taiwan (1994-1998)
• Rubber Tape from India (1999)
• Rubber Thread (1992)
• SRAM Semiconductors from Taiwan (1996)
• Stainless Steel Angle from Japan (1994)
• Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil (1993)
• Stainless Steel Bar from Japan (1994)
• Stainless Steel Bar from Taiwan (1996)
• Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Malaysia (2000-2006)
• Stainless Steel Sinks from China (2012)
• Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Taiwan (1996)
• Standard Line Pipe from China (2008 )
• Standard Line Pipe from Taiwan (1996-2002)
• Standard Steel Fasteners from China (2009)
• Standard Steel Fasteners from Taiwan (2009)
• Steel (2001)
• Steel Jacks from Canada (1992)
• Steel Wheels from China (2011)
• Steel Wire Rod from Indonesia (2001-2005)
• Tapered Roller Bearings from China (2005)
• Warm Water Shrimp from Malaysia (2013)
• Warm Water Shrimp from Thailand (2004)
• Warm Water Shrimp from Vietnam (2004)
• Welded Stainless Steel Pipe from Malaysia (1994)
• Wooden Bedroom Furniture from China (2008)

 

EU Antidumping and Antisubsidy Cases Handled

• Bicycles from Thailand (2001)
• Biodiesel from Indonesia (2012)
• Carbon Black from Egypt (1997)
• Carbon Steel Fasteners from China (2008)
• Ceramicware from China (2012)
• Coated Steel from China (2011-12)
• Compact Disk Cases from China (2000)
• Compact Disk Recordable from Hong Kong (2005)
• Compact Disk Recordable from Malaysia (2005)
• Dicyandiamide from China (2006)
• Digital Versatile Discs-Recordable from Taiwan (2005)
• Fatty Alcohol from Indonesia (2011)
• Footwear from China (2005)
• Footwear from Vietnam (2005)
• Hi-Tenacity Yarn from China (2009-)
• Hi-Tenacity Yarn from Taiwan (2009-)
• Hot Dipped Metallic Iron and Steel Coils from China (2007)
• Hot-Rolled Steel Sheet from Taiwan (2000)
• Ironing Tables from China (2007)
• PC Wire and Strand from China (2008)
• Personal Fax Machines from Taiwan (1997)
• PET Resin from Taiwan (2006)
• Pipe and Tube from Turkey (2008)
• Plastic Bags from China (2005)
• Plastic Bags from Malaysia (2005)
• Plastic Bags from Thailand (2005)
• Polyvinyl Alcohol from Taiwan (2006)
• Ring Binder Mechanisms from China (2008)
• Ring Binder Mechanisms from Thailand (2008)
• Stainless Steel Fasteners from China (2001-2003)
• Stainless Steel Fasteners from Indonesia (2004)
• Stainless Steel Fasteners from Malaysia (2004 – 2013)
• Stainless Steel Fasteners from the Philippines (2000-2004)
• Stainless Steel Fasteners from Singapore (2000)
• Stainless Steel Fasteners from Taiwan (2004)
• Stainless Steel Fasteners from Thailand (2012)
• Stainless Steel Cold Rolled Flat Products from China (2008)
• Stainless Steel Cold Rolled Flat Products from Taiwan (2008)

 

Other Antidumping, Countervailing Duty and Safeguard Cases Handled

• A4 Paper from Indonesia (South Africa) (1998)
• Acrylic Ester from Malaysia (China) (2001-2003)
• Air Conditioners from China (Turkey) (2005)
• Automotive Windshields from China (Canada) (2000)
• BOPP Film from Thailand (Indonesia) (2008)
• BOPP Film from Thailand (Korea) (2013)
• BOPP Film from Thailand (Malaysia) (2012)
• Brake Rotors from China (Australia) (2000)
• Carbon Black from India (Indonesia) (1996-2004)
• Carbon Black from India (South Africa) (2000)
• Carbon Black from India (Malaysia) (2003)
• Carbon Black from Korea (Indonesia) (1999-2003)
• Carbon Black from Thailand (Indonesia) (1996-2004)
• Carbon Black from Thailand (South Africa) (2000)
• Carbon Steel Plate from Indonesia (Canada) (1999)
• Carbon Steel Welded Pipe from Taiwan (Canada) (2012)
• Cathode Ray Tubes from Malaysia (Thailand) (2004)
• Ceramic Dinnerware (Indonesia) (2005)
• Citric Acid from China (Thailand) (2003)
• Coated Paper from China (Thailand) (2011)
• Cold Rolled Stainless Steel Flat Products from China (Brazil) (2012)
• Cold Rolled Stainless Steel Flat Products from China (India) (2008)
• Cold Rolled Stainless Steel Flat Products from Taiwan (India) (2008)
• Draw Textured Yarn from Taiwan (Korea) (2005)
• Ethyl Acetate from Singapore (Korea) (2007)
• Galvanized Steel Sheet from China (Thailand) (2011)
• Galvanized Steel Sheet from Taiwan (Canada) (2001)
• Galvanized Steel Sheet from Taiwan (Thailand) (2011)
• Electric Smoothing Irons from Singapore (Korea) (1997)
• Float Glass from Indonesia (Thailand) (1996)
• Hollow Structural Steel Sections from Malaysia (Australia) (2006)
• Hollow Structural Steel Sections from Taiwan (Australia) (2006)
• Hot Rolled Steel Plate from Malaysia (Indonesia) (2008)
• Hot Rolled Steel Plate from Singapore (Indonesia) (2011)
• Hot Rolled Steel Sheet (Malaysia) (2011)
• Hot Rolled Steel Sheet from China (Canada) (2001)
• Hot Rolled Steel Sheet from Russia (Philippines) (2000)
• Hot Rolled Steel Sheet from Taiwan (Malaysia) (2012)
• Hot Rolled Steel Sheet from Thailand (Canada) (2001)
• Hot Rolled Steel Sheet from Thailand (India) (2008 )
• Hot-Rolled Steel Sheet from various countries (Mexico) (1992)
• Hot-Rolled Steel Sheet from various countries (Thailand) (2001)
• Linear Low Density Polyethylene from Thailand (Australia) (2002)
• Medium Density Fiberboard from Thailand (Korea) (2001)
• Methylene Chloride from Germany (China) (2001)
• Methylene Chloride from the U.S. (China) (2001)
• Painted Steel Sheet from China (Thailand) (2011)
• Painted Steel Sheet from Taiwan (Thailand) (2011)
• Particle Board from Thailand (Korea) (2008)
• PET Resin from Taiwan (Turkey) (2004)
• Pipe from China (Indonesia) (1999)
• Polyester Staple Fiber from India (Turkey) (2002)
• Polyester Staple Fiber from Taiwan (India) (2001)
• Polyester Staple Fiber from Taiwan (Turkey) (2002)
• Polystyrene from Hong Kong (India) (1999)
• Polystyrene from Thailand (China) (2001)
• Polyurethane from the U.S. (India) (2001)
• POY Yarn from Taiwan (Korea) (2008)
• Quicklime from Thailand (Australia) (2011)
• Rolled Metal Products with Polymer Coating from China (Russia) (2008)
• Seamless Carbon or Alloy Steel Oil and Gas Well Casing from China (Canada) (2007)
• Sodium Tri-Phosphate from China (Thailand) (2008)
• Stainless Steel Pipe from Taiwan (Malaysia) (1996)
• Stainless Steel Sheet from EU (Thailand) (2002)
• Stainless Steel Sheet from Japan (Thailand) (2002)
• Terephthalic Acid from Thailand (China) (2009)
• Tinplate from China (Malaysia) (2013)
• Vegetable Oil (Vietnam) (2013)
• Welded Stainless Steel Pipe from Malaysia (South Africa) (1997)
• Wheat Flour from Sri Lanka (Indonesia) (2006-2009)
• Wheat Flour (Indonesia) (2012)

 

Other Trade Advisory Matters

• EU-funded project on ASEAN Free Trade Area rules of origin
• Australia-funded project on ASEAN Free Trade Area certifcates of origin
• UK-funded project on African Tri Partite Free Trade Agreement negotiations
• Disputes regarding origin of goods under ASEAN Free Trade Area
• U.S. antitrust investigation of rubber thread from Indonesia and Malaysia
• U.S. and EU antitrust compliance program for multinational corporation
• Civil and criminal customs investigations of companies in Asia
• Customs classification of electronics and consumer goods in Asia
• Customs valuation of consumer goods and automotive products in Asia
• Anti-circumvention investigations related to anti-dumping duty orders
• Import monitoring program for sensitive products
• Economic sanctions and trade restrictions related to national security
• ASEAN Industrial Cooperation Scheme application for 4 countries
• Investment advice regarding US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement
• Support of Thailand and Singapore free trade agreement negotiations
• Support of WTO Uruguay Round and Doha Round negotiations
• Consistency of Asian government policies with WTO agreements
• WTO and free trade agreement dispute resolution
• Settlement negotiations for antidumping and other trade remedy investigations
• Written expert advice on antidumping for arbitration proceeding
• Phylosanitary restrictions in Asia on food and beverage products
• Potential litigation advice on U.S. foreign investment regulations on Asian investment
• U.S. regulation of Asian agricultural and aquacultural exports
• Immigration advice to NBA star Dikembe Mutombo
• Investment advice to Tennis Hall of Fame member Michael Chang
• Legislative and administrative advocacy before U.S., EU and Asian governments
• Reports on Asian trade and investment developments for industry associations
• Briefings on Asian, U.S. and EU political developments affecting trade policy