Price: New administration sets roadmap for trade, manufacturing

Written by Alan Price & John Allen Riggins

Day One of the second Trump administration did not bring tariffs, but it did signal that tariffs, and other major trade actions, are not far off.

Trump issued a sweeping memorandum that further clarified the direction the administration will take on trade. This “America First Trade Policy” directs the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”), and other federal agency heads to explore and report on actions that will narrow the trade deficit, promote national security, and boost domestic investment and production. Most of these reports must be delivered to Trump by April 1.

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.

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.