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Provided by Folkert Graafsma
Folkert is a partner, specializing in international trade law, general EU and WTO law, and customs law. He is particularly well-regarded in the area of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy, having successfully represented clients in well over 170 anti-dumping and countervailing duty proceedings, including landmark EU and US cases, involving both industrial and consumer goods.
Clerked with European Commission. Some recent anti-dumping and CVD proceedings include Wind Towers, PVA, Birch Plywood, Sweet Corn, Bio-Diesel, Manganese Oxides. Court and WTO cases include Biodiesel from Indonesia (T-120/14, T-121/14, and WT/DS480). Older cases include Bed Linen from India (WT/DS141 (zeroing)) and Xinan Chemical (C-337/09 (on appeal)).
Brussels Bar; Stanford Alumni; Editor “The International Trade Law Review, Law Business Research” (since 2015) and “Global Trade and Customs Journal.” Ranked in band1 of Chambers and Leading Individuals in Legal500. Board Member of European Trade Law Association.
Co-author with Edwin Vermulst of two handbooks on international trade “Customs and Trade Laws as Tools of Protectionism”, Cameron May (995 pages); “WTO Dispute Settlement: AD, CVD, and Safeguards”, Cameron May (869 pages); Author of approximately twenty-five published articles; and Guest Speaker and Visiting Professor on multiple occasions.
Radboud University (Nijmegen); Stanford Law School (Palo Alto); Stanford Business School (Palo Alto).
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