USTR Accepting Applications for Binational NAFTA AD/CV Panel Roster

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will accept applications for individuals to serve on binational NAFTA panels to review final determinations on antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings and amendments to a NAFTA party’s AD/CVD provisions, the agency said. USTR is inviting applications through Nov. 17 from people who want to be on the binational panel roster from April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2019. Binational panels decide whether AD/CV determinations align with domestic laws of the importing NAFTA party using the standard of review that would have been applied by a domestic court of the importing party. A panel can either uphold the determination or remand it to national administering authorities for action “not inconsistent” with the panel’s decision. NAFTA dictates a 75-person roster, with each NAFTA party selecting at least 25 individuals.