Jacob Kopnick, Associate Editor, is a reporter for Trade Law Daily and its sister publications Export Compliance Daily and International Trade Today. He joined the Warren Communications News team in early 2021 covering a wide range of topics including trade-related court cases and export issues in Europe and Asia. Jacob's background is in trade policy, having spent time with both CSIS and USTR researching international trade and its complexities. Jacob is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Public Policy.
Biography for Jacob KopnickRecent Articles by Jacob KopnickU.S. seafood seller Luscious Seafood argued on Sept. 13 that the Commerce Department misinterpreted the statute when it found that the company didn't qualify as a bona fide wholesaler of the domestic like product. As a result of its finding, Commerce found Luscious' request for administrative review of the antidumping duty order on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam invalid (Luscious Seafood v. United States, CIT # 24-00069).Read More >>
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Sept. 11 denied a motion for rehearing from the governments of Canada and Quebec and exporter Marmen Inc. regarding the court's decision sustaining the countervailability of a Canadian tax program. All the judges in regular active service -- Judges Kimberly Moore, Alan Lourie, Timothy Dyk, Sharon Prost, Jimmie Reyna, Richard Taranto, Raymond Chen, Todd Hughes, Kara Stoll, Tiffany Cunningham and Leonard Stark -- agreed to deny the petition (Government of Quebec v. U.S., Fed. Cir. # 22-1807).Read More >>
Antidumping petitioner Coalition for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags filed a pair of complaints at the Court of International Trade on Sept. 12 challenging the Commerce Department's antidumping duty investigations on paper shopping bags from Colombia and Portugal (Coalition for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags v. United States, CIT #'s 24-00157, -00158).Read More >>
The U.S. on Sept. 10 opposed importer Interglobal Forest's bid for attorney's fees after it prevailed in an antidumping and countervailing duty evasion case. The government said Interglobal can't be considered a "prevailing party" because the court's decision sustaining CBP's remand decision reversing its evasion finding didn't "materially alter the legal relationship of the parties" (Interglobal Forest v. United States, CIT # 22-00240).Read More >>
The Court of International Trade on Sept. 11 granted a voluntary dismissal bid from conservation groups Sea Shepherd New Zealand and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in their action seeking an import ban on fish from New Zealand's West Coast North Island inshore trawl and inshore set net fisheries under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.Read More >>
U.S. seafood seller Luscious Seafood argued on Sept. 13 that the Commerce Department misinterpreted the statute when it found that the company didn't qualify as a bona fide wholesaler of the domestic like product. As a result of its finding, Commerce found Luscious' request for administrative review of the antidumping duty order on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam invalid (Luscious Seafood v. United States, CIT # 24-00069).Read More >>
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Sept. 11 denied a motion for rehearing from the governments of Canada and Quebec and exporter Marmen Inc. regarding the court's decision sustaining the countervailability of a Canadian tax program. All the judges in regular active service -- Judges Kimberly Moore, Alan Lourie, Timothy Dyk, Sharon Prost, Jimmie Reyna, Richard Taranto, Raymond Chen, Todd Hughes, Kara Stoll, Tiffany Cunningham and Leonard Stark -- agreed to deny the petition (Government of Quebec v. U.S., Fed. Cir. # 22-1807).Read More >>
Antidumping petitioner Coalition for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags filed a pair of complaints at the Court of International Trade on Sept. 12 challenging the Commerce Department's antidumping duty investigations on paper shopping bags from Colombia and Portugal (Coalition for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags v. United States, CIT #'s 24-00157, -00158).Read More >>
The U.S. on Sept. 10 opposed importer Interglobal Forest's bid for attorney's fees after it prevailed in an antidumping and countervailing duty evasion case. The government said Interglobal can't be considered a "prevailing party" because the court's decision sustaining CBP's remand decision reversing its evasion finding didn't "materially alter the legal relationship of the parties" (Interglobal Forest v. United States, CIT # 22-00240).Read More >>
The Court of International Trade on Sept. 11 granted a voluntary dismissal bid from conservation groups Sea Shepherd New Zealand and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in their action seeking an import ban on fish from New Zealand's West Coast North Island inshore trawl and inshore set net fisheries under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.Read More >>