Trade and Manufacturing Monitor

News and insight from our international trade practice group

U.S. Announces Additional Round of Russia & Belarus Trade Restrictions; Closes Airspace to Russia (UPDATED)

March 4, 2022 Update: This post was updated after BIS published new export controls on oil and gas equipment and Entity List sanctions on firms related to the Russian defense industry. Today, the United States…

Commerce Department Consolidates and Clarifies the Foreign-Made Direct Product Rules Amid Rising Tensions With Russia

On February 3, 2022, the Commerce Department published a final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to clarify the scope of the foreign-direct product rule (“FDPR”). The FDPR expands the…

Commerce Launches 232 Investigations on Transformer Components and Mobile Cranes

Last week, the Department of Commerce (the “Department”) initiated two new Section 232 proceedings on mobile cranes and electrical transformer components. Section 232, a previously seldom used section of the Trade…

India Stainless Steel Bar: Commerce Reinstates Viraj and Venus Back Under Antidumping Duty Order

On October 18, 2017, the U.S. Department of Commerce published its preliminary determination that two Indian bar producers, Viraj Profiles Ltd. (“Viraj”) and the Venus Group (Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd. and its…

Commerce Announces Preliminary Subsidy Margins on Certain Tool Chests and Cabinets from China

On September 12th, the Commerce Department announced preliminary subsidy rates in its countervailing duty (“CVD”) investigation of certain tool chests and cabinets from China. The rates calculated for the two examined…