Lawyers: EAPA process could benefit from administrative protective orders

A program implemented five years ago by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to pursue antidumping and countervailing duty evaders could be improved by the creation of a system for sharing confidential business information, according to lawyers representing parties on either side of the cases. The Enforce and Protect Act of 2015 (EAPA), implemented by CBP in 2016, established a process for domestic industries to file allegations that importers are evading AD/CV duties -- for example, by “transshipping” products through third...