Matthew J. McConkey

President Obama Signs Legislation Applying Anti-Subsidy Trade Law to Imports from Non-Market Economies Such As Vietnam and China
Duane W. Layton,Matthew J. McConkey,Dave M. Wharwood, March 20, 2012
On March 13, 2012, President Obama signed legislation that explicitly authorizes the United States to apply countervailing duties (CVD), defined as tariffs on imports that benefit from subsidies, to imports from non-market economy (NME) countries.

Federal Circuit Exempts Non-Market Economy Country Exports from US Countervailing Duty Law
Duane W. Layton,Matthew J. McConkey,Dave M. Wharwood, December 26, 2011
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected the US government’s use of countervailing duties against imports into the United States from so-called non-market economy (NME) countries. In its December 19, 2011 ruling in GPX International Tire Corp. v. United States,...

WTO Appellate Body Rules Against the EU’s Individual Treatment Test for Exporters in Non-Market Economy Anti-Dumping Proceedings
Zia Gheewalla,Duane W. Layton,Matthew J. McConkey,Paulette Vander Schueren, July 26, 2011
The World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body (“AB”) Report in DS397 EC-Definitive Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Iron or Steel Fasteners From China, published on 15 July 2011, following cross-appeals of the WTO Panel report issued in December 2009, should force the EU to change...