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Julia Banegas

Julia is an associate in the Washington, DC office of Husch Blackwell. She advises clients doing business in the heavily-regulated Government Contracts and International Trade sectors.

The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published regulations in the Federal Register on January 15, 2021 to implement Executive Order 13936 (“E.O. 13936”), titled “The President’s Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization.”  The President determined on July 14, 2020 in E.O. 13936 that Hong Kong was no longer sufficiently autonomous…

In Husch Blackwell’s December 2020 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:

  • USTR announced the first USMCA enforcement action to address Canada’s tariff-rate quotas for dairy products
  • The USITC began monitoring imports of strawberries and bell peppers at USTR’s request
  • The United Kingdom and European

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In Husch Blackwell’s November 2020 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:

  • The EU imposed tariffs on the U.S. following a WTO decision on Boeing subsidies
  • The EU also released a new complaint system to address trade deal violations and market barriers
  • USTR requested that

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On November 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) announced the initiation of antidumping (“AD”) and countervailing duty (“CVD”) investigations on Utility Scale Wind Towers from India, Malaysia, and Spain (Spain is AD only). The petitioners in this case are the Wind Tower Trade Coalition. See our previous post summarizing the petition for details…

The European Union (EU) has imposed additional tariffs on approximately $4 billion worth of U.S. goods, after a World Trade Organization (WTO) decision last month authorized proportionate retaliation against the U.S. for its subsidies to Boeing.  According to the European Commission’s (EC) Implementing Regulation (“the Regulation”), published in the Official Journal of the European Union…

In a November 3, 2020 letter, U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) Robert E. Lighthizer requested that the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) “monitor and investigate imports of strawberries and bell peppers” pursuant to section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930.  Section 332 is a provision that allows USTR to ask for a fact-finding investigation by the…

Under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (“ECRA”), the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) is authorized to establish controls on the export, reexport or in-country transfer of “emerging and foundational technologies.”  On August 27, 2020, BIS issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, requesting comments on the definition…

In Husch Blackwell’s October 2020 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:

  • U.S. and Brazil updated Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation (ATEC) to increase transparency and combat corruption
  • The WTO ruled that the EU can impose up to $4 billion in tariffs on U.S.

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In Husch Blackwell’s September 2020 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:

  • Husch Blackwell filed complaints at the CIT challenging the substantive and procedural processes followed by the USTR when instituting Section 301 Tariffs on imports from China under List 3 and List 4A
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On September 10, 2020, HMTX Industries LLC, along with Halstead New England Corporation, and Metroflor Corporation (importers of vinyl tile) filed a complaint (Ct. No. 20-00177) at the Court of International Trade (CIT) challenging both the substantive and procedural processes followed by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) when instituting Section 301 Tariffs on imports…