Expertise

Sunwell's International Trade Practice is one of the largest and most competitive international trade legal service teams in China. With over two decades of dedicated practice, the team has accumulated extensive and outstanding practical experience in trade remedies (anti-dumping, countervailing duties, and safeguard measures), trade compliance, and representation in international trade disputes. The team consists of over ten professionals with a composite background in law, accounting, and economics, combining international perspective with local expertise. Core members are well-versed in the trade regulations and enforcement practices of major economies, having collectively represented domestic and foreign clients in more than 300 anti-dumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard measure cases. While focusing on developed markets such as the United States, the European Union, Canada, and Australia, the team has also achieved notable successes for Chinese enterprises in emerging markets including Brazil, Peru, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. In representing leading Chinese companies in responding to "double-remedy" investigations, the team has secured breakthrough outcomes, such as zero-duty rates and non-injury rulings for China or Chinese enterprises, through innovative litigation strategies and judicial review procedures.

The team adheres to a "law + business" mindset, providing integrated supply chain management solutions for both Chinese and foreign enterprises. It also consistently participates in advisory work related to international trade policy formulation, assisting the Chinese government and enterprises in submitting professional comments on foreign trade barriers. Additionally, the team offers strategic support for market access, customs compliance (investigations), origin optimization, and supply chain management. Faced with a complex international economic and trade landscape, Sunwell Law Firm leverages its profound understanding of international political and economic systems, flexibly applies international trade rules, and successfully handles numerous disputes involving customs, international trade, and cross-border intellectual property for Chinese and foreign enterprises through international arbitration and cross-border litigation.

Thanks to its professional capabilities and performance, Sunwell Law Firm's International Trade Practice has been consistently and highly recognized by Chambers, The Legal 500, ALB, China Business Law Journal, and other authoritative legal rating agencies in China for many consecutive years, establishing itself as a trusted legal partner for Chinese and foreign enterprises expanding into international markets.

Core Practice Areas:

I. Trade Remedy Defense

• Anti-dumping, Countervailing Duties, Safeguard Measures: Case initiation assessment, defense strategy design, questionnaire responses, hearing and verification preparation, defense at the final determination stage

• Reviews and Subsequent Proceedings: Administrative reviews, sunset reviews, new shipper reviews, expedited reviews, price undertakings/minimum price arrangements, product exclusion applications, etc.

• Specialized Focus on Duty Rate and Scope Issues: Allocation and costing, adjustments for related-party transactions, subsidy attribution and benefit calculation, like product and scope definition, surrogate country/benchmark selection, and other key technical issues.

II. Cross-border Supply Chain and Compliance Risk Control

• Origin and Supply Chain Compliance: Application of rules of origin, supply chain due diligence verification, establishment of evidence systems for production and transaction chains

• Customs and Anti-circumvention Support: Addressing consistency of import declarations, identification of third-country processing and circumvention risks, responding to information verification requests and investigation communications by authorities (coordinated with trade remedy defense)

  
  

III. International Trade Disputes and Remedy Pathways

• Providing actionable dispute resolution plans and compliance rectification recommendations for significant disputes arising from trade remedy measures, tailored to the procedural characteristics of different jurisdictions