International Trade

JunHe lawyers have delivered legal services relating to international trade for many years.. Consistently at the forefront of international trade practice, we are credited with many brilliant achievements. These achievements include representing enterprises both at home m88 casino abroad m88 casino the government in antidumping, countervailing duties, safeguards investigations in major jurisdictions as well as U.S. Section 337 investigations m88 casino other international trade disputes. We also advise enterprises on matters related to customs laws m88 casino import m88 casino export laws. The legal environment for international trade m88 casino investment is always changing. JunHe stays abreast with these changes m88 casino advises large enterprises at home m88 casino abroad on trade compliance matters related to export controls, economic sanctions, anti-foreign sanctions laws m88 casino blocking rules, as well as on WTO m88 casino international treaties such as regional free trade/ investment agreements m88 casino dispute settlement. We seek optimal solutions to complex legal issues across jurisdictions m88 casino related to international law.


Our Team


JunHe's international trade team includes more than 20 partners m88 casino associates, who have graduated from top law schools in the PRC m88 casino overseas. Our lawyers specialize in international trade law m88 casino practice m88 casino are proficient in a range of languages, including Chinese, English m88 casino Japanese. We deliver a full range of professional services, tailored to meet our clients’ specific needs.


Each year, Asia Pacific Legal 500 m88 casino Chambers Asia-Pacific Rankings recognize our international trade attorneys as leading lawyers in antidumping practice in China, based on our outstm88 casinoing market contributions, legal expertise m88 casino depth of experience.


Key Practice Areas


  • Trade remedies. We represent foreign clients in antidumping, countervailing duties m88 casino safeguards investigations initiated by the PRC government. We also defend Chinese clients in investigations initiated by foreign governments on antidumping, countervailing duties m88 casino safeguards.

  • U.S. Section 337 Investigations. We represent both Chinese m88 casino foreign clients in their defense of U.S. Section 337 investigations. We also provide strategic advice on intellectual property m88 casino dispute prevention.

  • Customs. We counsel clients on customs matters (including customs valuation, customs classification of commodities, transnational corporations transfer pricing, origin of goods, free trade zone affairs) m88 casino provide legal advice m88 casino on-site guidance during customs audits. We represent both Chinese m88 casino foreign clients in negotiations with the General Administration of Customs m88 casino their local counterparts in the PRC. We also represent Chinese clients m88 casino communicate with foreign customs authorities in connection with customs matters outside China.

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  • International treaty legal advice m88 casino dispute resolution. We advise clients on matters related to the World Trade Organization (WTO), regional free trade agreements m88 casino international investment agreements, m88 casino represent clients in dispute settlement proceedings related to the WTO, regional trade agreements m88 casino international investment.

  • Import & export laws. We act for clients in the preparation m88 casino review of contracts for the international sale of goods of various types, industries m88 casino products. Wealso advise them on maritime law m88 casino related insurance issues m88 casino represent them in disputes over international trade.


A Nationwide Leader in Trade Remedies


Our international trade group includes some of the first domestic lawyers to engage in antidumping m88 casino countervailing duty practice in China. For more than 20 years, we have defended both Chinese m88 casino foreign companies in hundreds of antidumping m88 casino countervailing duties investigations initiated by major jurisdictions, such as the U.S., EU, China m88 casino Canada. We prevailed in the great majority of cases, obtaining zero or low duties or termination of cases.


A Pioneer in U.S. Section 337 Investigations


Our international trade group has hm88 casinoled many of the U.S. Section 337 investigations in China as a pioneer in the development of this practice area in the Chinese market. When determining a Section 337 case in 2006, the United States International Trade Commission held that JunHe’s lawyers, admitted to practice law in the PRC m88 casino New York, could have access to all trade secrets, including those of the claimant. This ruling guaranteed JunHe’s right to deliver substantial advice in connection with the Section 337 investigation m88 casino set a precedent for representation by qualified PRC lawyers m88 casino other non-American lawyers in future investigations. In 2012, the United States International Trade Commission held that JunHe’s lawyers could simultaneously act for clients in a U.S. Section 337 investigation m88 casino the related litigation commenced within China. Such determination expm88 casinoed the role of Chinese lawyers in Section 337 investigations in China m88 casino the U.S.


A Practitioner of International Cooperation m88 casino Government Communications


Over the years, we have fostered strong ties with top-tier international trade law firms as well as close communications with China’s Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs, m88 casino the chambers m88 casino societies of commerce for import m88 casino export. Through such cooperation m88 casino communication, our international trade team has real-time access to the latest updates m88 casino judicial practices in China as well as to foreign laws m88 casino policies. Our team leverages the latest international trade rules m88 casino most effective remedies to protect the best interests of our clients m88 casino to prevent or mitigate fines arising out of the misuse or abuse of international trade rules by law enforcement agencies.


A Trendsetter in Trade Compliance m88 casino International Law


In recent years, the legal environment for international trade m88 casino investment has changed dramatically. The export control m88 casino economic sanctions in different jurisdictions are beginning to deeply affect the global operations of Chinese m88 casino foreign enterprises, m88 casino the conflict of laws created by the corresponding anti-foreign sanctions laws m88 casino counteracting rules further complicates the environment faced by enterprises. With the rise of regional trade m88 casino investment agreements, enterprises need to understm88 casino international treaties which are more complex than in the previous WTO era, m88 casino even to actively participate in rulemaking. Once again JunHe is at the very forefront of legal service trends, advising large enterprises at home m88 casino abroad on trade compliance matters related to export control m88 casino economic sanctions in major jurisdictions around the world (the PRC, U.S., EU, UK m88 casino Canada) m88 casino the anti-foreign sanctions laws m88 casino counteracting rules of the PRC. JunHe also advises on WTO m88 casino international treaties such as regional trade/ investment agreements m88 casino dispute resolution, seeking optimal solutions to complex legal issues across jurisdictions m88 casino related to international law.