海华永泰律师事务所和金诚同达律师事务所近日分别代表三家中国企业，应对美国商务部及美国国际贸易委员会对中国钢结构产品征收反倾销和反补贴关税的调查，并在行业损害抗辩中取得胜诉。

2月25日，美国国贸委以3：2的投票结果，认定从中国、加拿大和墨西哥进口的钢结构产品未对美国国内产业造成实质性损害或威胁。美方将终止调查，不对来自中国的钢构件产品采取双反措施。本案是特朗普政府任期内中方赢得的第三起无损害案件，前两起案件分别为美国对华卡客车轮胎双反调查案，以及美国对华聚四氟乙烯产品反倾销调查案。

本案可回溯至2019年2月，美国钢铁结构协会（AISC）向美商务部及国贸委提出申请，要求对进口自中国、加拿大和墨西哥的特定钢结构产品发起双反调查。随后美商务部对4家中国企业进行抽调，在初裁结果中认定将加收高额双反税，一旦执行，中国钢结构产品或将退出美国市场。随后，海华永泰代表被调查企业玛顿重工和上海松尾，金诚同达代表金环建设，参与了国贸委的损害抗辩，通过证明AISC提供数据的夸大和中国钢结构产品在价格之外的优势，获得了最终胜诉。

此项目中，海华永泰团队牵头律师为高级合伙人余盛兴，金诚同达团队牵头律师为高级合伙人符欣和杨晨。

Hiways, JT&N win Sino-U.S. anti-dumping and countervailing case

Hiways Law Firm and Jincheng Tongda & Neal have advised three Chinese fabricated structural steel producers in anti-dumping and countervailing investigations in the U.S. brought up by the American Institute of Steel Construction.

In the final decision, USITC says certain products from China, Canada and Mexico do not injure U.S. industry. This is the third winning case by Chinese companies under the Trump government, with the first two ones being the anti-dumping and countervailing cases against Chinse truck tires and PTFE products.

In the current case, the US Department of Commerce has decided to add high anti-dumping and countervailing taxes on Chinese companies in its first verdict. Once implemented, Chinese companies could face a total withdrawal from the U.S. market. By proving that AISC has exaggerated the statistics and Chinese products’ advantages besides price, the two law firms finally convinced USITC to overturn DOC’s initial verdict.

The Hiways’ team was led by senior partner Yu Shengxing, and the JT&N team by senior partners Fu Xin and Yang Chen.

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