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Brenda A. Jacobs, a highly regarded Washington-based trade attorney, will discuss the implications of the new Democrat-controlled U.S. Congress on U.S.-China trade. The new Congress now is weighing a range of proposed legislation to give the U.S. Department of Commerce explicit authority to impose countervailing duties on imports from countries considered to be non-market economies (such as China), to consider currency policies subsidies, and to ease the process for imposing safeguard measures on Chinese-made goods. Meanwhile, the Bush administration has moved forward with applying the CVD law to China, has opened a raft of cases against China before the World Trade Organization, on auto parts tariffs, subsidies, intellectual property rights enforcement and on trading rights and distribution for copyrighted goods, while - at the same time - it pursues a new high-level Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) with China led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson.
With an eye on how Hong Kong firms can most effectively respond, Ms. Jacobs will review the changed political pressures on the Bush administration, the pending proposals in the U.S. Congress, the upcoming (May 22-24) SED meetings in Washington, and the prognosis for U.S.-China trade relations.
Ms. Jacobs provides strategic guidance on international trade policy issues, negotiations, litigation and legislation to trade associations, multi-national manufacturing companies, and foreign governments. Ms. Jacobs previously served as Senior Counsel for Trade Agreements at the U.S. Department of Commerce, and as a legal advisor in the U.S. International Trade Commission's General Counsel's office. She is listed in Best Lawyers in America, under International Trade and Finance Law, in 2006 and again in 2007.
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