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Webinar: Antidumping and Countervailing Duties 101
featuring
Stephen Claeys, Attorney and Consultant
Camelia C. Mazard, Attorney
Erik Warga, Antidumping Consultant

Tuesday, September 14, 2010
12:00 Noon - 1:00 p.m. Eastern

Access information will be provided to all paid attendees by
4:30 p.m. (Eastern) on Monday, September 13th.

This webinar is specifically tailored for international trade
professionals to provide them with a basic understanding of:

  • U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty laws and procedures,
  • What actions can be taken by importers during investigations and after an antidumping or countervailing duty order is established, and
  • Other antidumping and countervailing duty issues.

Stephen Claeys is President of Cadence Global Strategies PLLC, which provides comprehensive legal and government affairs services to U.S. and foreign companies regarding trade-related government affairs, U.S. and foreign government trade remedies, and other international economic issues. Mr. Claeys was previously the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations in the Department of Commerce, where he managed and provided policy leadership for the enforcement of the U.S. unfair trade laws. Mr. Claeys previously held other positions in the Department of Commerce and was an international trade attorney in private practice. He obtained his law degree from Northwestern University and his Bachelors of Arts degree in government and international studies from the University of Notre Dame.

Camelia Mazard practices in all areas of international trade and customs law. In fact, she participated in many of the major trade disputes over the past twelve years. Her cases include safeguards investigations of steel; antidumping investigations of cold-rolled steel from the Netherlands, hot-rolled steel from India, grain-oriented silicon electric steel from Italy and Japan, metal calendar slides from Japan, magnesia carbon bricks from China and Mexico; and, countervailing duty investigations of hot-rolled steel from India and magnesia carbon bricks from China. Ms. Mazard's clients include U.S. and foreign corporations in such industries as steel and motion pictures. In addition, Ms. Mazard also represents domestic and international clients with respect to import and export transactions and NAFTA issues. Ms. Mazard also has experience representing private parties and sovereign governments before U.S. courts and international arbitral tribunals. She obtained her law degree from the University of California at Berkeley, her Master's of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and her Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

With over 20 years of experience, Erik Warga has been a freelance antidumping consultant since 1998. The industry sectors in which he is experienced include steel, food products, manufactured goods, chemicals, and non-ferrous metals. He is former official of the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration who focused on Import Administration. Mr. Warga received his A.B. in 1986 from Dartmouth College.

Cost:
Members: $20
Non-Members: $30

Please register here.

For questions or further information about this program, please contact Camelia Mazard at cmazard@dbmlawgroup.com.

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