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Navigating Global Anti-Dumping Procedures: A Comparative Table of Anti-dumping Procedures in Key Jurisdictions

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In the realm of international trade, the anti-dumping instrument plays a crucial role in safeguarding domestic industries against unfair trading practices. The high number of anti-dumping investigations initiated around the world, as well as an increasingly broad product scope (such as touted cases on hydrogen or electric vehicles), mean that many internationally active companies will need to be aware of anti-dumping. While World Trade Organization law sets out the general framework for municipal anti-dumping rules,…

US – USTR announces next steps in DST Sec. 301 investigations [updated]

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On March 26, 2021, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the next steps in its Section 301 investigations of Digital Service Taxes (DSTs) adopted or under consideration by ten US trading partners. In January, USTR found that the DSTs adopted by Austria, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom were subject to action under Section 301 because they discriminated against US digital companies, were inconsistent with principles of international taxation,…

USTR terminates Sec. 301 DST investigations for Brazil, the Czech Republic, the EU and Indonesia

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On March 26, 2021, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) posted an advance copy of a Federal Register notice terminating, as of March 26, 2021, the Section 301 investigations of Digital Services Taxes (DSTs) under consideration by Brazil, the Czech Republic, the European Union, and Indonesia because these jurisdictions either have not adopted or not implemented a DST during the period of investigation. As of March 25, 2021, Brazil, the Czech Republic,…

US, Brazil update agreement on trade and economic cooperation

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On October 19, 2020, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced that  the United States and Brazil signed a new Protocol relating to Trade Rules and Transparency.  This Protocol updates the 2011 Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation (ATEC) with three new annexes comprising state-of-the-art provisions on Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation, Good Regulatory Practices, and Anticorruption.

US – BIS publishes procedures to grant relief from quotas applicable to certain steel from Brazil

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On October 13, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Department of Commerce, will publish in the Federal Register a temporary final rule [Docket No. 201006-0266] that establishes procedures to grant relief from the quantitative limitation applicable to certain steel articles for Brazil for parties with preexisting contracts that meet specified criteria as authorized by the President as part of the action he took to adjust imports under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion…

US – USTR publishes FY2020 allocation of additional TRQ volume for raw cane sugar

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On September 22, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published notice of the allocations of additional Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 in-quota quantities of the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for imported raw cane sugar as announced by the Secretary of Agriculture. On September 10, 2020, the Secretary of Agriculture announced an additional in-quota quantity of the TRQ for raw cane sugar for the remainder of FY2020 (ending September 30, 2020) in the amount…

US – Homeland Security ends arrival restrictions for flights carrying persons arriving from or present in certain countries

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On September 15, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published in the Federal Register a document that announces the decision of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to terminate arrival restrictions applicable to certain flights. Specifically, the document terminates arrival restrictions that are applicable to flights carrying persons who had recently traveled from, or were otherwise present within, the People’s Republic of China (excluding the…

President Trump lowers quantitative limits on Brazilian steel

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In Proclamation 10064 of August 28, 2020 – Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States (published in the Federal Register on September 2, 2020), President Trump reduced the quantitative limitation for steel imports from Brazil for the remainder of 2020. The Secretary of Commerce reported that the United States steel market has contracted in 2020. After increasing in 2018 and 2019, steel shipments by domestic producers through June of this year are approximately 15…