Executive Order on Trade – Potential Effects on AD and CVD Entries

The following article is reprinted with permission from author Steven W. Baker, AIIS Customs Committee Chair, and originally published by AIIS in their Customs Corner newsletter.

President Trump issued a March 31, 2017 Executive Order on Establishing Enhanced Collection and Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties and Violations of Trade and Customs Laws. This Order will most likely have its most significant impact on importers of goods subject to Antidumping and Countervailing duties that have no prior experience importing such commodities, or have defaulted on or made late payment of such duties assessed against them. Although this might seem to exclude established importers and those with compliant payment records, there are a number of possible pitfalls.