Kalik Lewin offers unique specialty in the area of international trade law and the development of U.S. and global trade policy. The professionals of Kalik Lewin have extensive experience in the complex commercial and regulatory issues involved in global trade and business transactions including U.S. and international trade remedy laws, customs, export controls and ocean transportation laws. The firm has been directly involved in working with industry groups, executive branch personnel and congressional staff in developing, drafting and implementing U.S. international trade legislation. Kalik Lewin regularly represents companies, governments and trade associations in the negotiation and implementation of bilateral, regional and global multilateral international trade agreements and trade preference programs.
Kalik Lewin has uncommon expertise in representing the interests of companies, governments and industry groups in the negotiation and implementation of bilateral, regional and global multilateral international trade agreements on issues such as tariff reduction, regulatory compliance and harmonization and unfair trade practices. In recent years, the firm successfully negotiated international agreements involving wine and other alcoholic beverages, international intellectual property issues and the management of steel trade. The firm regularly advises clients on developments in global and regional negotiations involving NAFTA, FTAA and the WTO. The firm offers additional expertise in the implementation of U.S. trade preference programs such as the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI), the Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA) and the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
Currently, Kalik Lewin attorneys are participating in the WTO Dispute Settlement proceeding regarding United States-Anti-Dumping Administrative Reviews and other measures related to imports of certain orange juice from Brazil.
