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Nithya Nagarajan

Nithya’s extensive background in U.S. trade issues spans 25 years and includes various roles in a number of federal government agencies, including the Department of Commerce Department of Justice, and the U.S. Court of International Trade. She assists clients with administrative and regulatory actions before the Department of Commerce, International Trade Commission and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and defends clients in appeals before the Court of International Trade, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, NAFTA panels and the World Trade Organization. In addition to her body of U.S. experience, Nithya is also well-versed in international trade issues in China and India.

On May 7, 2026, LANXESS Corporation (“Petitioner”) filed petitions requesting the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of N-Cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-Sulfenamide (“CBS”) from the People’s Republic of China.

SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION

The proposed scope of these investigations is as follows:

The product subject to this investigation is N-Cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2- sulfenamide (“CBS”), also known as N-cyclohexyl-2-

On May 7, 2026, the United States Court of International Trade (“CIT” or “Court”) invalidated Proclamation No. 11012 in The State of Oregon, et al. v. United States, et al. and Burlap and Barrel, Inc., et al. v. United States, et al., holding that the President exceeded his statutory authority in imposing a temporary

On April 30, 2026, Mat Industries, LLC (“Petitioner”) filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on stationary and portable air compressors from Malaysia, The People’s Republic of China, and The Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

On April 21, 2026, Advancion Corporation (“Petitioner”) filed companion antidumping and countervailing duty petitions for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (Tris) from the People’s Republic of China (“China”).

The AD/CVD investigations will now proceed before the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”). 

On April 15, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”) ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) and the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) to sit for depositions in a case filed by an importer seeking refunds of tariffs imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (“Section 232”).

On April 9, 2026, United States Steel Corporation (“U.S. Steel”) and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers Union (“USW”) (collectively “Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on tin mill products from China, Taiwan, and Turkey and countervailing duties on imports from China.

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[UPDATED: This post has been updated to incorporate CBP’s April 13, 2026 CSMS #68340863] U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued guidance today explaining importers must utilize the Automated Commercial Environment (“ACE”) portal to request consolidated refunds of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) which were found to be 

On April 6, 2026, Atmus Filtration filed a notice of dismissal in its challenge to the IEEPA tariffs.  Atmus Filtration v. United States, CIT #26-01259 (“Atmus”) was selected as the lead case by the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”) on March 4, 2026.  Atmus became the torch bearer for all IEEPA cases

On April 8, 2026, BASF Corporation (“Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on the import of polytetramethylene ether glycol (“PTMEG”) from China, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION

The proposed scope of these investigations is as follows:

The merchandise covered by this investigation is polytetramethylene ether glycol (“PTMEG”)