China has issued two State Council decrees that further develop its legal and institutional framework for responding to foreign measures applied on an extraterritorial basis and for safeguarding the security of industrial and supply chains. Both decrees operate alongside existing instruments, including the Anti‑Foreign Sanctions Law (“AFSL“), China’s blocking rules, and the Unreliable Entities List (“UEL“) regime. Taken together, they further clarify how China approaches conflicts arising from foreign sanctions, export controls, and other extraterritorial…
The Trade Remedy Authority of Vietnam has issued Decision 460/QD-BCT on 21 February 2025 to impose the preliminary anti dumping duty rates against Hot-Rolled Steel (“AD rate”) from China and India. Accordingly, the AD rate only applies to HRS from China. HRS from India shall not be subject to the preliminary AD rate for the reason that the HRS import volume from India does not meet the regulatory minimum amount (3% of total HRS import…
At the time of the publication of this blogpost on February 1, 2025, Mexico, Canada, and China have not yet responded to the imposition of tariffs. Stay tuned for updates and insights and practical tips for trade between the United States and these three countries as the situation develops. President Trump signed executive orders today, February 1, 2025, imposing the long-anticipated tariffs he has called for on Canada, Mexico, and China since early in his 2024 Presidential…