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    July 19, 2024

    Price: The new greenwashing - subsidies to bail out obsolete, excess capacity

    Written by Alan Price & John Allen Riggins

    UK Steel earlier this year issued a report entitled “Electric Arc Furnace technology can produce all steel products and grades.” Those of you following our columns know that we have been documenting why this is the case and rebutting repeated falsehoods about electric furnace capabilities.

    Decarbonization or bailouts?

    Alan Price

    Price has more than 30 years of experience representing clients in high-profile, complex international trade regulatory matters, including trade litigation involving public and government relations issues. In addition to being chair of the firm’s International Trade Practice, he heads the firm’s antidumping and countervailing duty practice. He also counsels clients on bilateral and multilateral agreements, trade legislation, customs regulation, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance issues, escape clause investigations, and World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute resolution.

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    John Allen Riggins

    Riggins advises in matters related to trade remedies, national security, supply chains, trade policy, and digital trade. He represents client interests in a variety of international trade remedy proceedings before the Department of Commerce (DOC) and International Trade Commission (ITC) and related litigation before the US Court of International Trade (CIT) and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). Riggins has represented domestic producers in a wide array of industries, including steel, aluminum, wood, wind energy, transportation, and photovoltaics products.

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