The following is a sampling of David’s publications. Please visit our blog, ThompsonHineSmarTrade.com, for the latest trade-related news and policy developments.

• “President Trump Issues America First Investment Policy Memorandum Impacting FDI into the U.S. and Outbound Investment to Foreign Adversaries,” Thompson Hine Transition – A Presidential Change Update, February 2025
• “BEA’s Foreign Direct Investment Reporting Requirements: A Primer,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, July 2024
• “OFAC and BIS Significantly Extend Sanctions and Export Control Restrictions Against Russia and Belarus,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, June 2024
• “Biden Administration Releases China Section 301 Four-Year Review Report and Announces Tariff Updates to Counter China’s Unfair Trade Practices,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, May 2024
• “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 Adds Significant Trade Provisions,” The Global Trade Law Journal, July-August 2024
• “BEA’s Foreign Direct Investment Reporting Requirements: A Primer,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, May 2024
• “U.S. Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific Incorporates Extensive Sanctions and Export Control Reforms,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, May 2024
• “USTR Initiates Section 301 Investigation on China’s Policies in the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, April 2024
• “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 Adds Significant Trade Provisions: New Law Impacts U.S. Export Controls, Sanctions and Supply Chain Management,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, February 2024
• “BEA Conducts Five-Year Benchmark Survey of U.S. Foreign Direct Investment,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, April 2023
• “GAO Audit: AD/CVD Process Ensures Petitions Are Not Meritless, Inaccurate, Incomplete or Filed to Obstruct Domestic Market Competition,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, February 2023
• “Panel Concludes Automakers May Continue Core Parts “Roll-up” to Meet USMCA’s RVC Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Requirements,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, January 2023
• “Summary of Recent Financial and Comprehensive Sanctions Related to the Ukraine-Russia Crisis,” Thompson Hine The Latest on the Ukraine-Russia Crisis, March 2022
• “New Multiagency Business Advisory on Heightened Risk of Doing Business in Burma,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, February 2022
• “Changes to HTSUS Classifications Expected in January,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, November 2021
• “Commerce Issues New Trade Remedy Regulations for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, September 2021
• “China-U.S. Legal and Regulatory Update,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, August 2021
• “Federal Trade Commission Issues Final Rule on ‘Made in USA’ Claims, Thompson Hine International Trade Update, July 2021
• “Biden Administration Bolsters Buy American Requirements,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts & International Trade Update, January 2021
• “Executive Order Prohibits U.S. Investment in ‘Communist Chinese Military Companies,’” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, November 2020
• “New CFIUS Critical Technology Mandatory Filing Requirements Take Effect October 15,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, October 2020
• “BIS Publishes Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Identify and Review Controls on Foundational Technologies: What’s Next?”, Thompson Hine International Trade Update, September 2020
• “FAR Council Publishes Interim Rule on Section 889 Part B Increasing Prohibitions on Contracting with Companies Using Certain Chinese Telecommunications Equipment and Services,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts & International Trade Update, August 2020
• “President Trump Signs the Hong Kong Autonomy Act and Issues Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, July 2020
• “Petitions by Vehicle Producers for Alternative Staging Regime for Compliance with USMCA Rules of Origin for Automotive Goods Due to USTR by July 1,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, April 2020 
• “OFAC Issues Fact Sheet on Providing Humanitarian Aid to Combat COVID-19 Under Various Sanctions Programs,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, April 2020
• “Government Measures Worldwide in Response to COVID-19,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, April 2020
• “COVID-19 and International Trade: Status of Trade-Related U.S. Government Agencies & Courts and Helpful Online Resources,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, March 2020
• “What to Expect in the USMCA (a.k.a. NAFTA 2.0),” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, February 2019
• “New CFIUS Law Mandates Reporting of Certain Transactions Involving Foreign Investment in U.S. Companies,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, Winter 2019
• “2018 Year in Review – Overview of President Trump’s Major Trade Actions,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, January 2019
• “CBP Ruling Determines “Substantial Transformation” Requirements Trump NAFTA Marking Rules for Application of Section 301 Tariffs and Trade Remedy Duties,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, November 2018
• “Trump Administration Self-Initiates Section 232 National Security Investigation into Automobile and Automotive Parts Imports,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, June 2018
• “USTR Releases Proposed Determination in the Section 301 Investigation of China’s Policies and Practices Related to Forced Technology Transfers and Discriminatory Intellectual Property Practices,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, April 2018
• “Department of Commerce Releases Requirements for Requesting Product-Based Exclusions from the Section 232 Aluminum and Steel Tariffs,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, March 2018
• “President Trump Signs Proclamations for Section 232 Tariffs on Aluminum and Steel,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, March 2018
• “U.S. Department of Commerce Self-Initiates AD/CVD Investigations on Aluminum Sheet From China,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, November 2017
• “CFIUS Annual Report Reflects Increased National Security Scrutiny of Foreign Acquisitions,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, Fall 2017
• “U.S. Importers of 5050-Grade Aluminum Alloy Extrusions From China Now Face More Than a 400 Percent Increase in Duties,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, July 2017
• “U.S. International Trade Commission Issues Preliminary Recommendations for Miscellaneous Tariff Bill, Will Consider Comments on Certain Rejected Petitions,” International Trade Update, June 2017
• “Status Report – Recent Actions & Key Policymakers in the Renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, May 2017
• “Trump Administration’s Second Section 232 Investigation in a Week Focuses on National Security Threat of Aluminum Imports,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, May 2017
• “Trump Administration Initiates Rare Section 232 Investigation Into National Security Implications of Steel Imports,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, April 2017
• “In ‘Unprecedented Action,’ Commerce Applies ‘Particular Market Situation’ Provision of Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 in Antidumping Proceeding,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, April 2017
• “Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Releases President Trump’s Trade Policy Agenda,” Thompson Hine International Trade & Customs Update, March 2017
• “ZTE Pleads Guilty to Illegal Exports to Iran and North Korea,” Thompson Hine International Trade & Customs Update, March 2017
• “Trump Administration: Key Players in International Trade,” Thompson Hine International Trade & Customs Update, January 17, 2017
• “Looking Back: Trump and Trade,” Thompson Hine International Trade & Customs Update, January 9, 2017
• “ITC Launches New MTB Petition Process,” Thompson Hine International Trade & Customs Update, October 20, 2016
• “Hanjin Shipping Bankruptcy: What Cargo Owners Need to Know,” Thompson Hine Transportation Update, September 2016
• “Petitions to Modify GSP Country & Product Lists Due October 4,” Thompson Hine International Trade & Customs Update, September 6, 2016
• “CBP Publishes Interim Regulations on Investigating Evasion of AD/CVD Orders,” Thompson Hine International Trade & Customs Update, August 29, 2016
• “New MTB Process Offers Significant Opportunity to Reduce Import Duties,” Thompson Hine International Trade & Customs Update, May 20, 2016
• “Long-Awaited Customs Law Strengthens Enforcement of Trade Remedy Orders and Intellectual Property Rights and Introduces Other Significant Changes,” Thompson Hine International Trade & Customs Update, February 29, 2016
• “WTO Expands Scope of Products Under Information Technology Agreement,” Thompson Hine International Trade & Customs Update, December 2015
• “Survey of U.S. Financial Services Providers’ Transactions with Foreign Persons Due November 1, 2015,” Thompson Hine International Trade & Customs Update, October 2015
• Author, Editorial Chapter, “WTO,” Getting the Deal Through, Fall 2014
• Co-author, “Getting the Deal Through – Trade & Customs 2015,” Getting the Deal Through, Fall 2014
• “USTR to Negotiate Environmental Goods Agreement,” Thompson Hine International Trade & Customs Update, April 2014
• “Proposed TPA Bill Key to Successful U.S. Trade Negotiations,” Thompson Hine International Trade & Customs Update, January 2014
• “Bali High: Customs Treaty First WTO Agreement Since 1995 Founding,” Thompson Hine International Trade & Customs Update, January 2014
• Co-author, “Getting the Deal Through – Trade & Customs 2014,” Getting the Deal Through, Fall 2013
• Author, “GATS – Easing the Pain of Market Access?” Globalization and Localization Association (blog), April 2013
• Author, “Top 10 International Trade Law Best Practices for General Counsel,” Corporate Counsel, November 2012
• Author, “Is Your Company Website Revealing International Trade Violations?” Corporate Counsel, June 2012
• Co-author, “US Companies Gain Easier Access to FTZs Under Revised Regulations,” The Bureau of National Affairs, April 2012
• Co-author, “Customs Law,” The International Lawyer, Summer 2008