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CSUSTL is a trade association headquartered in Washington DC.  Our membership consists of 429 companies and organizations representing 167 industries, agriculture,

and mining sectors.  Current members have facilities/sites located in all 50 states of the nation.  Member companies and organizations are situated in the congressional districts/states of 223 House Members and 100 Senators.

 

Committee to Support US Trade Laws (CSUSTL) Releases Letter To Senate Finance Committee On ITC Commissioner Nominations

 

THE COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT U.S. TRADE LAWS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (December 12):

 

Please see attached a letter which was sent by the Committee to Support US Trade Laws (CSUSTL) to the leadership of the Senate Committee on Finance today concerning their  review of nominations for Commissioner of the International Trade Commission (ITC).

 

CSUSTL is a national organization of companies, trade associations, labor unions, law firms and individuals located in all 50 states of the nation and is committed to preserving and enhancing U.S. trade laws and supporting trade policies that benefit the United States-based productive economy.  CSUSTL consists of 434 companies, unions and organizations representing 171 industries, including manufacturing, technology, agriculture, mining, energy, and services.  We are dedicated to ensuring that the laws against unfair trade are not weakened through legislation or policy decisions in Washington, DC, in international negotiations, or through dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and elsewhere.

 

Recent News

 

December 2024 -- CSUSTL conducted its third and final roundtable conversation for 2024 with senior officials responsible for administering and overseeing U.S. trade policy and trade enforcement with an event featuring the acting General Counsel of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), Juan Millán.  Millán spoke with representatives from the U.S. manufacturing, agriculture, and commercial fishing sectors in a morning session.  Conversation focused on the U.S. government’s achievements in building support for the nation’s trade policy priorities with aligned trading partners, particularly with respect to developing multilateral strategies for improving labor and environmental conditions in foreign supply chains.  CSUSTL will continue the annual roundtable series in 2025.

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January 2025 -- In the last Congress, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Protecting American Industry from International Trade Crimes Act (H.R. 9151), a bipartisan bill.  Companies based in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) frequently commit crimes violating U.S. trade laws including fraud, duty evasion, and transshipment which benefit the PRC’s non-market economy. The legislation aims to combat these crimes by directing the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a new structure dedicated to prosecuting international trade crimes. The Committee to Support US Trade Laws (CSUSTL) strongly supports the proposed bill and is working for re-introduction of the legislation in the 119th Congress. CSUSTL’s Government Affairs Committee and Enforcement Committee are leading the organization’s 2025 advocacy effort to gain passage of the measure.

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CSUSTL Celebrating over Three Decades of Service

How it began >

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CSUSTL Celebrating over Three Decades of Service

How it began >

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During the late 20th century the Uruguay Round included the governments of 123 countries in negotiations to create an international organization to govern almost all trade in the world from pencils to telecommunications.   It was the largest trade negotiation ever in the history of the world.  Many US trading partners saw this as their opportunity to strip away the 100-year-old trade remedy laws used by the US to protect against unfair trade practices.  Fair and effective the laws were viewed as an obstacle by these nations in their efforts to capture US markets by using unfair trade practices to destroy US business.  Many within the US government felt we would ultimately need to sacrifice the trade laws to get a deal.  In January of 1989 a small group of US companies and law firms banded together to maintain and improve these laws in the negotiations.  They were called the Committee To Support US Trade Laws, or CSUSTL.  In April, 1994, the final deal was signed by all 123 governments.  Against overwhelming odds the group was successful in its advocacy to preserve the effectiveness of the laws, and has continued that mission ever since.

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LETTERS/FILINGS/SUBMISSIONS

January 11, 2019

US-UK Trade Agreement

December 26, 2018

US-Japan FTA

October 15, 2019

Customs Broker Verification of Importer's Identity

June 28, 2019

Currency Manipulation Proposed Rule

April 22, 2019
21st Century Customs Framework
 

March 24, 2022
Industry Letter to Congressional Leadership On China Enforcement Bill

July 10, 2023
Trade Remedy Enforcement Regulations
 

October 20, 2023
Letter to DOC Secretary Regarding Vietnam NME Request
 

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