The U.S. Canada, U.S. Israel, and North American Free Trade Agreements Trade Negotiations and Legislative Matters Review of Foreign Investments International Law Drawing both on decades of collective experience in working with clients around the world and individual expertise gained from years of government service and private practice, our lawyers provide seasoned advice regarding government rules affecting transnational transactions and controversies, as well as matters related to rights and obligations under international agreements and public international law. We regularly handle matters before the principal agencies of the U.S. Government and the Congressional committees concerned with international trade and business matters. Our experience in the area of international trade and investment regulation includes the following. The following summarizes some of the group's practice and experience.
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As tariff and non-tariff barriers to imports have been progressively reduced or eliminated, U.S. industries have encountered increasing competitive pressures from imports and new foreign efforts to restrain U.S. export competition. Our attorneys represent domestic and foreign clients in administrative and judicial proceedings arising under the various laws that provide remedies for unfair international trade practices. We also have assisted U.S. companies and advised foreign counsel in connection with antidumping proceedings conducted in other countries. The Departments of Commerce, State, and Treasury and other federal agencies administer a wide range of export control regulations, including rules governing re-exports of U.S. origin commodities, technical data, and software from third countries to other foreign destinations. In recent years these regulations have been frequently revised, generally resulting in broadly reduced controls on exports to the former Soviet Bloc countries while increasing emphasis on controls of items potentially related to the production or deployment of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, and missile technologies.