August 24, 2011
Court of International Trade Remands Antidumping Duty Review
of Chinese Shrimp
The Court of International Trade today issued a remand for the Commerce Department
to revisit its selection of the Chinese companies used to set the antidumping duty
rates in the fourth administrative review of that order. Picard Kentz & Rowe brought
the case on behalf of the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee (“AHSTAC”), an association
of domestic producers of frozen warmwater shrimp. Chief Judge Pogue directed the
agency to better explain or otherwise reconsider its decision that did not address
AHSTAC’s valid concerns. Remand results are due in October.
June 24, 2011
U.S. Supreme Court Brief Filed in Zeroing Case
Picard Kentz & Rowe today filed a U.S. Supreme
Court brief on behalf of the Southern Shrimp Alliance and the Coalition
for Fair Lumber Imports as amici curiae (“friends
of the court”). They ask the Court to take an appeal filed by U.S. steel companies
challenging the Commerce Department’s authority to stop “zeroing” in antidumping
investigations by offsetting dumped sales with sales made above fair value — causing
duties to drop or disappear. This issue is critical to the domestic shrimp and lumber
industries. Both had antidumping investigations when the agency interpreted the
statute to require zeroing, and both are harmed by its reversal in response to the
World Trade Organization. Four Justices must agree to take the case.
March 17, 2011
The International Trade Commission Votes Affirmatively to Continue
Antidumping Orders on Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
As part of the International Trade Commission’s (“ITC”) statutorily-mandated sunset
review process, Commissioners voted 5-1 on March 15 to continue existing antidumping
duty orders on frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil, China, India, Thailand, and
Vietnam. Trade relief has been in place since 2005 in order to offset the unfairly
low prices of shrimp imports from those countries.
Picard Kentz & Rowe serves as counsel to the Southern Shrimp Alliance (“SSA”) which,
through the Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee, filed the petitions in the original
investigations, and has defended the orders since they were put in place, including
in the recent sunset review. As part of its defense of the orders, SSA and its counsel
also have worked extensively with numerous government agencies on their enforcement,
including significant anti-circumvention efforts.
To read more:
- http://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2011/er0315jj1.htm;
- http://www.shrimpalliance.com/new/?p=652.
March 14, 2011
Kentz Discusses Changes in Dumping and Subsidy Methodology
at Georgetown University’s 2011 International Trade Update
Andrew W. Kentz recently served as an expert panelist
at Georgetown University Law Center’s
2011 International Trade Update on March 4, 2011. Andrew discussed the Department
of Commerce’s recent proposals to alter the administration of antidumping and countervailing
duty laws, presenting his paper entitled “Changes
in Dumping and Subsidy Methodology.”
December 3, 2010
Kentz Appointed Treasurer and Executive Committee Member of
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Andrew W. Kentz was recently appointed Treasurer and Executive Committee Member
of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Andrew has been working with
the Lawyers’ Committee for nearly a decade serving as Member of the Board of Directors.
The main objective of the Lawyer’s Committee is to secure equal justice under law
by utilizing the skills and resources of the bar to obtain equal opportunity for
minorities by addressing factors that contribute to racial justice and economic
opportunity. It was founded in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy.
For more information, visit the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law website
at: http://www.lawyerscommittee.org.
March 15, 2010
Kentz Moderates International Trade Panel at American University
On March 15, 2010, Partner Andrew W. Kentz participated
in American University Washington College of Law’s event, The Changing Business
Landscape, organized by the Business Law
Brief, a student run publication that discusses fusion of the legal and
business worlds. The event focused on the current business climate given the collapse
of financial markets and sub-prime mortgage crisis, and evaluated the effects on
intellectual property rights, international trade, private equity investment, and
white collar crime. Andrew moderated a panel entitled, “International Trade: An
Overview of Current Trends in Trade Flows, Negotiations and Enforcement” with representatives
from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Trade Winds LLC, and the Embassy
of Brazil.
Andrew Kentz’s opening remarks
February 26, 2010
Yocis Serves as Panelist at Georgetown University’s 2010 International
Trade Update
David A. Yocis, Counsel at Picard Kentz & Rowe, was a
member of the “Key Subsidies Developments” expert panel at the at Georgetown University
Law Center’s
2010 International Trade Update program on February 26, 2010. David was
commenting on his paper entitled, “Subsidy
Discipline in the Time of Bailouts.” The paper examines the role of subsidies
and government bail-outs in the current economic climate, as well as issues that
arose during the WTO Airbus and Boeing disputes.