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Federal Circuit Finds Appendix in CVD Case Not in Compliance With Court Rules
February 17, 2022 |Litigation

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found an appendix filed by plaintiff-appellant Uttam Galva Steel Limited in a countervailing duty challenge to not be in compliance with the court's rules (Uttam Galva Steels Limited v. United States, Fed. Cir. #21-2119). The court said that any multi-volume appendix must have a volume number in Roman numerals with the pages included in the volume at the top of the cover of each volume. Further, a confidential version of the appendix must have any relevant excerpts of statutes imposing confidentiality or the "entirety of any judicial or administrative protective order" at the beginning. The court also said that the appendix failed to contain the required proof of service or that the proof of service shows improper service of material that cannot be served through the e-filing system.

EU Requests WTO Consultations Over Russia's Export Restrictions on Wood Products
January 24, 2022 |WTO

The European Union requested consultations at the World Trade Organization with Russia over its export restrictions on wood products, the European Commission said in a Jan. 20 news release. The protectionist measures include upping export duties on certain wood products and limiting wood exports to only one border crossing point. If consultations fall through, the EU can request a dispute settlement panel. The EU is alleging that these two steps run contrary to Russia's WTO commitments. For instance, Russia pledged to keep a maximum duty rate for certain quantities of exports at 13% or 15%, and then withdrew the tariff rate quotas and applied export duties of 80%, the commission said. The commission further said that by restricting the border crossing points for wood exports to one -- Luttya in Finland -- Russia violated a WTO rule that forbids action that inhibits the use of existing border crossing points that are technically capable of handling such exports.