Mark R. Ludwikowski
Mark R. Ludwikowski represents corporate and government clients in trade remedy proceedings and customs matters in helping them maintain access to U.S. and foreign markets for their goods and services. His practice spans sectors and industries, including retail, automotive, consumer, agricultural, metals, and wood products.
Mark draws on more than two decades of international trade experience, including service in the U.S. government, as in-house counsel, and in private practice. He advises on trade remedy matters covered by antidumping, countervailing duty, safeguard, and other laws affecting the transfer of goods across borders.
Mark represents clients before multiple U.S. agencies, including the Department of Commerce (DOC), International Trade Commission (ITC), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Office of the United States Trade Representative, as well as in litigation before the Court of International Trade and Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Education
Memberships
American Association for Exporters and Importers
International Compliance Professionals Association
Customs and International Trade Bar Association – Secretary
Languages
State Bar Licenses
Court Admissions
U.S. Producers File New Trade Case Against Imports of Active Anode Material from the People’s Republic of China
Explore moreMexico Increases Import Duties for Textile and Apparel Imports and Amends the IMMEX Program
Explore moreA Q&A Conversation With Mark Ludwikowski and Sally Alghazali
Explore moreProposed Rulemaking: Imported Chinese Hardware for Advanced Auto Features Will Be Banned in 2029
Explore moreU.S. Steel Industry Files New Trade Case Against Imports of Corrosion Resistant Steel From 10 Countries
Explore moreCargill Files New Trade Case Against Imports of Erythritol from the People’s Republic of China
Explore moreClark Hill Helps Automotive Supplier Avoid Costly Tariffs
Explore moreThe U.S. Customs and Border Protection Will No Longer Detain Certain Malaysian Disposable Gloves Previously Subject to Withhold Release Order
Explore moreNew Trade Case on Imports of Hexamine From Four Countries
Explore moreNew Trade Case on Imports of Certain Low-Speed Personal Transportation Vehicles From the People’s Republic of China
Explore moreExperience
- Exclusion from Section 301 tariffs on retail client’s imported fleece and yarn products, eliminating millions of dollars in duty liability and potential store closures.
- Saving a U.S. importer more than $100 million in antidumping (AD) duties resulting from a CBP audit of imports of wooden bedroom furniture from China.
- Termination of the AD and countervailing duty (CVD) investigation on steel wheels from China at the ITC on behalf of importer clients.
- Securing a 0% AD rate for an exporter client in the first DOC annual review of multilayered wood flooring from China.
- Termination of the AD/CVD investigation of 53-foot domestic dry containers from China at the ITC on behalf of importer clients.
- Saving an importer more than $1 million per month in AD duties through exclusion of its product from the scope of the hand trucks from China case.
- In Off-the-Road Tires from Sri Lanka, the first CVD investigation against that country in more than 30 years, securing a nominal CVD margin of 2.18% (only .18% over de minimis) for the government.
- Securing a 0% AD rate for exporter client in the DOC annual review of honey from Argentina.
- Through successful court challenge, securing a 0% AD rate for Korean clients in polyester staple fiber investigation.
- Exclusion of the Latvian steel industry from the Section 201 Global Safeguards Investigation on steel.
- “The Red Sea shipping crisis: lessons for importers” February 21, 2024
- Interview – “Implications of US-China Phase 1 Trade Agreement,” NTD Television, January 15, 2020.
- Radio Interview – “A View from U.S. Community on Trump Trade Policies,” Newstalk Breakfast Business, Dublin, Ireland, September 17, 2018
- Law360 – “How The Pandemic Will Affect Global Aluminum Trade Probe,” April 15, 2020
- Global Trade Magazine – “The Impact of the Coronavirus on U.S. Trade Proceedings,” March 9, 2020
- Global Trade Magazine – “Navigating the Latest Tariffs on Chinese Goods,” September 12, 2019
- Global Trade Magazine – “How Has the Trade War Affected China?” August 14, 2019
- Irish Independent – “How Irish Exporters Can Limit Damage from Tariffs,” September 23, 2018
- Law360 – “Reading The China Tariff Tea Leaves,” July 2018
- Quick Caller – “China Strikes Back On U.S. Tariffs,” April 2018
- Quick Caller – “Steel and Aluminum Tariffs- Section 232 Exclusion Primer,” March 2018
- Quick Caller – “Blast From the Past: Steel and Aluminum Imports Face Tariffs and Quotas Under a Revived Trade Remedy,” March 2018
- E-Finance & Payments Law & Policy, “Services Trade: The US and the International Services Agreement Plurilateral,” February 2013
- E-Finance & Payments Law & Policy, “United States Claims Victory In First Round Of WTO Dispute With China Over Electronic Payment Services,” August 2012
- E-Finance & Payments Law & Policy, “Ongoing Battle Over Access To Chinese E-Payments Market,” August 2011
- E-Commerce Law Report, Costco Wholesale Corp. v Omega S.A., NO. 08-1423 US Supreme Court, November 2010 – Control of Importation Through Copyright Law, November 2010
- E-Finance & Payments Law & Policy, “The Chinese E-Payment Market: A WTO Challenge?” May 2010
- Law360 – “What’s In Store For Ethanol Trade?” September 2009
- Scrap, “Does Buying American Violate U.S. Trade Agreements?” May 2009
- WEBINAR: “New Trade Case on Imports of Plastic Decorative Ribbons from China”
- Panelist – “Trade Regulation. US Tariff Strategies and Brexit,” VI International Euro Latam Lex Congress, Washington, D.C., February 7, 2020.
- Panelist – “Trade & Investment Regulations: Paths to Success,” Select USA Investment Summit, Washington, D.C., June 11, 2019.
- Presenter – “Review of Recent Tariff Proceedings,” Retail Industry/In-House Networking Group, Houston, TX, September 26, 2018
- Presenter – “U.S Trade Policy,” Emerging FDI Company Network, American Chamber of Commerce, Dublin, Ireland, September 18, 2018
- Presenter – “U.S. Trade Policy,” Emerging Leaders Networks, American Chamber of Commerce, Dublin, Ireland, September 18, 2018
- Presenter – “NAFTA Now: What Works – What Doesn’t and What Could Be Better,” Globalaw America’s Regional Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 9, 2018
- Presenter – “NAFTA: Is There Life In It Yet or Will It Be ‘Ripped Up?” Michigan Manufacturers Association, MFG Law Summit, Dearborn, MI, February 22, 2018
- Presenter – “Trade Under Trump: Big Changes May Be Ahead for Trade Remedies and Antidumping Rules,” May 30, 2017
- Speaker – “Ethics and Legal Practice: Challenges For Trade Lawyers,” The United States Court of International Trade, 19th Judicial Conference, November 2016
- Speaker, “Who is the ‘Exporter’? How to Ensure the Proper Rate for Your Client,” Georgetown University International Trade Update, February 2016