Zhang, Jing

APEC Members Agree to Reduce Tariffs, Promote Green Growth and Boost Regional Trade for Approved List of Environmental Goods

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:47:59 GMT

On September 9, 2012, the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members reached an agreement on a list of environmental goods on which they will reduce tariffs to 5 percent or less by 2015 (“APEC Environmental Goods List” or “List”).

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:53:42 GMT

In a bylined article, Government & Global Trade partner Tim Keeler, senior policy advisor Tiffany Smith and associate Jing Zhang (all Washington, DC) discuss the agreement by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation to reduce tariffs on an approved list of environmental goods by 2015.

New OFAC Licenses Ease Certain US Economic Sanctions Against Burma

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:27:23 GMT

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department has issued General License Nos. 16 and 17, related to US sanctions against Burma. Subject to certain limitations and requirements, the General Licenses lift the broad bans against US investments in Burma and the export of US financial services to Burma that had been in place for 15 years.

President Obama Orders Divestiture of Chinese Investment in US Wind Farms; Investor Mounts Unprecedented Legal Challenge

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:35:30 GMT

On September 12, 2012, a foreign investor took the unprecedented step of challenging in federal court the authority of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to block, as a threat to national security, the investor’s acquisition of a US business. The parties to the transaction had notified CFIUS of the transaction only after its closing.

Significant Changes Proposed to US Department of Commerce’s Methodology On Market-Economy Purchases in NME Cases

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:09:24 GMT

The US Department of Commerce has published a notice in the Federal Register proposing to dramatically modify its regulation on the treatment of market-economy purchases in antidumping proceedings involving non-market economy countries.

The Continuing US Trend to Criminalize Customs Violations

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT

On October 17, 2012, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a criminal indictment in a Georgia federal district court, accusing nine individual and corporate defendants of operating a fraudulent scheme to evade more than $20 million in antidumping duties imposed on Chinese imports.

The US Criminalization of Import Violations Continues Unabated

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:52:19 GMT

On July 23, 2012, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a criminal complaint in a California federal district court, accusing eight individuals and three business entities of operating a fraudulent scheme to evade customs duties on imported goods produced in a foreign country.

US Criminalization Of Import Violations Continues

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:03:40 GMT

Bylined article by Government & Global Trade partner Sydney Mintzer and associates Margaret-Rose Sales and Jing Zhang (all Washington, DC) discusses United States v. Chavez, et al., a case in which the Department of Justice is accusing eight individuals and three business entities of operating a fraudulent scheme to evade customs duties on imported goods.

奥巴马总统命令撤出中国对美国风场的投资；投资者面临前所未有的法律挑战

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:43:15 GMT

在过去的25年中，美国政府通过美国外国投资跨部门委员会（“美国外国投资委员会”或“委员会”）审查了数百件对美国公司的潜在外国收购。根据法规，委员会有权认定外国并购美国企业会否对美国国家安全带来不利影响，如有不利影响，则可要求并购方采取措施消除或减轻这种影响；外国投资委员会的反对有时会使当事方放弃收购计划。尽管许多外国收购人对委员会的审查表示不满，有些外国政府甚至表露出对美国这种保护主义的担忧，但尚未有有关对美国政府在这方面的权力提出法律挑战的报道。

美国商务部拟就非市场经济案例中的市场经济购买方法进行重大修改

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:43:51 GMT

美国商务部在《联邦公报》中发布关于将修改非市场经济国家（非市场经济案件）反倾销调查中有关市场经济购买规则的通知。新规则将要求市场经济购买价格仅用于“实质上所有生产要素都从市场经济供应商处购得”的情况。“实质上所有”是指使用占生产要素总投入量的85%或以上的生产要素决定反倾销幅度。