Hogan Lovells secures victory for its client at the US ITC
Hogan Lovells secures victory for its client at the US ITC
It concerns duties on cold-rolled steel products from China, India, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom
Global law firm Hogan Lovells has emerged victorious for the Brazilian steel manufacturer Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) at the US International Trade Commission (ITC).
The Commission has issued the final negative determinations following a five-year 'sunset' review of anti-dumping and countervailing (AD/CVD) duties on cold-rolled steel (CRS) flat products imported from Brazil.
The ITC ordered the removal of tariffs on Brazilian imports, determining that revoking the existing orders on imports of CRS products from Brazil would not lead to the continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
Thus, it made affirmative determinations in reviews regarding duties on CRS products from China, India, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom, thereby maintaining existing duties on those products.
Craig Lewis, the Washington, D.C.-based trade partner, who represented CSN since the ITC's original AD/CVD investigations and delivered closing arguments before the hearing, said, "We applaud the ITC and its staff for compiling a detailed record, a careful review of the evidence, and for coming to the right decision that imports from Brazil are not likely to injure the US steel industry in the foreseeable future. We are thrilled to secure this win for our client."
Others in the Hogan Lovells team included International Trade & Investment partner Jonathan T. Stoel, International Trade & Investment counsel Michael Jacobson, International Trade & Arbitration advisor Maria A. Arboleda, and associate Greg Hawkins.
