International Trade & National Security Practice Group Leader Named as USMCA Binational Panelist

WASHINGTON – The Office of the United States Trade Representative and Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has appointed Daniel Pickard, shareholder and International Trade & National Security practice group leader at Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, to serve as a panelist under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The panel will review the final result of Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Administrative Review.

The binational panel is an alternative to judicial review by domestic courts of final determinations in antidumping and countervailing duty cases. A panel is established when an industry files a request for review with the USMCA Secretariat after an investigating authority's decision involving imports.

Pickard has more than 20 years of experience representing clients in international trade and national security related matters. He represents clients in all aspects of international trade law, including trade remedy matters such as antidumping, countervailing duty and safeguard investigations. Specifically, he helps U.S. manufacturing companies who are losing market share or suffering from decreased profits to obtain relief against unfairly priced imports. He is rated among the nations’ leading international trade lawyers and is a frequent presenter and commentator on U.S. trade policy.