Matthew P. McCullough

He is recognized for his knowledge of U.S. countervailing duty (CVD) law and the international rules governing domestic anti-subsidy measures. Highlights include high-stakes government representations in U.S. CVD cases involving Canadian aircraft, Canadian lumber, Argentinian biodiesel and Korean DRAMS. Recent private sector representations include carbon steel flanges from Spain, ripe olives from Spain, aluminum foil from Oman, , lithographic printing plates from China, and thermoformed molded fiber products.

• Represented Ulma Forja, a leading Spanish steel flange producer, in U.S. antidumping proceedings, securing consistently low duty rates and expanding Pillsbury’s trade practice presence in Spain.
• Counsel to Canadian federal and provincial governments in softwood lumber and other trade remedy disputes.
• Represented the entire Spanish table olive industry in U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty actions involving imports of ripe olives from Spain, as well as advised on related WTO matters.
• Represented the Governments of the Sultanate of Oman and an Omani producer of aluminum foil in a U.S. countervailing duty action involving imports of aluminum foil from Oman.
• Represents clients from across the globe in the manufacturing and agriculture sectors and is often consulted on matters involving the domestic and global steel industries, where he has written extensively about U.S. protectionism in that industry.
• State Representation
  • Represented the Governments of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Korea, Japan, Oman and Vietnam in matters before U.S. agencies. Represented many of the same governments in dispute settlement before the WTO.
  • Represented the Government of Canada in U.S. countervailing duty cases brought against Canadian corrosion resistant steel, aircraft, fabricated structural steel and wind towers; the Government of New Brunswick in a countervailing duty case brought against Canadian softwood lumber; the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador in a countervailing case brought against Canadian uncoated groundwood paper.
  • Won a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, invalidating the use of the U.S. countervailing duty law against China while China is treated as a non-market economy for antidumping law purposes.