Leibowitz: A Dizzying Week on Trade

Trade attorney and Steel Market Update contributor Lewis Leibowitz offers the following update on events in Washington:

For international trade and politics, it’s hard to beat the past week. We saw numerous developments in the trade field—I’ll discuss a few of them: (1) an avalanche of lawsuits challenging the “Section 301” tariffs against $200 billion worth of imports from China; (2) a WTO decision finding that the United States violated WTO rules by imposing tariffs on China; (3) favorable loan guarantees for U.S. Steel by the Export-Import Bank of the United States; (4) a retreat by the president on aluminum tariffs from Canada; (5) a partial ban on popular apps from China-based companies TikTok and WeChat; and (6) a possible deal to domesticate the U.S. operations of TikTok.

Lewis Leibowitz

Lewis Leibowitz, owner of the Law Office of Lewis E. Leibowitz, practices in the areas of international trade law, customs law, and international commercial transactions. He represents clients before all federal courts and agencies dealing with international trade matters. Mr. Leibowitz advises and assists clients in diverse matters including trade remedies, customs, foreign-trade zones and free trade agreements, trade negotiations, and related matters. He can be reached at lewis.leibowitz@lellawoffice.com.

Lewis Leibowitz

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