The Enforce and Protect Act of 2015, Section 421 (EAPA) established an administrative process through which trade-affected domestic industries could petition U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to take action against unfairly traded imports that were entered into the United States so as to fraudulently evade antidumping and/or countervailing duties. Under the legislation, EAPA proceedings […]
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CBP’s EAPA Publications Shed Light on How the Agency Will Exercise Discretion in Administrative Proceedings
On August 17th, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) made public several documents related to investigations undertaken under the Enforce and Protect Act of 2015, Section 421 (EAPA). The public release of documents was accompanied by a press release heralding the agency’s exercise of authority to launch multiple investigations of illegal Chinese imports. The substance […]