Arent Fox was one of the first major law firms in the United States to develop a substantial international trade litigation practice. Today we are among the largest, most active international trade litigation practices, with clients drawn from every point on the compass from a variety of industries. Recent significant achievements by Arent Fox attorneys for our clients include:

• Successfully representing a major Canadian softwood lumber producer in successive antidumping proceedings before the US Department of Commerce, significantly reducing the client’s antidumping duty liability
• Attaining revocation of multiple antidumping duty orders for a multinational corporation’s foreign subsidiaries through participation in the International Trade Commission’s five-year (“sunset”) review proceedings
• Reducing a countervailing duty rate for a provincial government to de minimis through NAFTA and administrative proceedings
• Winning a judgment from the Court of International Trade that resulted in an almost 200% reduction in our US importer client’s antidumping duty cash deposit rate for merchandise imported from the People’s Republic of China
• Successfully represented Chilean salmon producers obtaining three consecutive de minimis margins and revocation of the order as to that company
• Successfully represented the Government of Thailand in a countervailing duty investigation obtaining a de minimis margin for three Thai exporters
• As a group, have obtained eleven ITC victories in the investigation phase of the case including four at the preliminary phase and eight at the final phase

Arent Fox represents market leaders in industries ranging from raw and processed agriculture and aquaculture to building materials, machinery and equipment, energy sourcing, automotive, chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and telecommunications, among others. Some of the services we provide to clients in these industries with regard to international trade regulation and litigation are:

Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements

We counsel foreign companies and US importers and exporters on the statutes and regulations affecting international commerce, including bilateral and multilateral agreements as they apply to trade remedies, including antidumping and countervailing duties and safeguards. We are also experienced in representing clients in dispute resolution proceedings arising under such agreements, including NAFTA and the WTO Agreements.

Administrative Proceedings

Arent Fox represents clients in antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings (both market and non-market economy) before the US International Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce, as well as before foreign administrative agencies with respect to trade remedy proceedings instituted against US and third-country exporters. Owing to the depth of experience among our trade lawyers, we are among a handful of firms with the experience and skill to handle the largest, most complex, multi-party trade proceedings, and we have been active participants in all the major trade litigations since these laws were reformed 25 years ago.

US Court of International Trade and US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

We vigorously litigate matters in the US Court of International Trade and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit when circumstances require it. Our attorneys are highly experienced in such litigation and include a former law clerk from the Court of International Trade.

Section 201 “Escape Clause” or “Safeguard” Investigations

Arent Fox attorneys have represented both domestic and foreign clients in Section 201 proceedings. Such representation included appearances and submissions before the International Trade Commission and the Office of the US Trade Representative.

Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)

We counsel clients in the preferential tariff treatment available under the Generalized System of Preferences and assist clients when they are reviewed under the GSP.

Section 301 Proceedings

Arent Fox attorneys have represented clients before the Office of the US Trade Representative when it has conducted Section 301 Proceedings.

US Customs and Border Protection

We represent clients in various trade matters before US Customs and Border Protection, including matters arising from the enforcement of trade remedies, as well as penalty proceedings and Customs’ audits.