Wenjie Qian

Practice Areas

Practice Areas:

International trade law, US 337 investigations and intellectual property, dispute resolution.

In the field of international trade and WTO disputes, Dr. QIAN has represented the Government of China, exporting producers and Chambers of Commerce in a number of landmark trade investigations, such as the EU’s first anti-subsidy proceeding against China (Coated Fine Paper), China’s first WTO dispute against EU (DS397) and US first 337 investigation against steel products from China (investigation No. 337-TA-1002).

In the EU Fasteners dispute (DS397), Dr. Qian acted as the legal counsel to MOFCOM, and the historic issue of “individual treatment” was settled in that case. As the result, EU amended the original Article 9.5 of its Basic Anti-Dumping Regulation on 3 September 2012, and the EU anti-dumping measures against fasteners from China was withdrawn on 27 February 2016.

With regard to US 337 Section, in the investigation against steel products from China (investigation No. 337-Ta-1002), Dr. Qian represented a major Chinese steel enterprise as respondent and won all the claims in that case. Likewise, in the 337 investigation against High-Potency Sweeteners (337-TA-1030), she represented the biggest Chinese exporter and won the case.

Career

Dr. QIAN used to work for the Delegation of the European Commission to China for treaty negotiation and Science & Technology cooperation programs. Since February 2009, she worked as a lawyer in providing legal services of WTO and international trade, US Section 337 investigations, intellectual property and export control.

Professional Memberships

Member of All China Bar Association

Member of Beijing Bar Association

Publications

A Lawyer’s Guide to Section 337 Investigations Before the U.S International Trade Commission (4th Edition), Law Press China, November 2022.

Retaliation of WTO Trade dispute DS437 (United States - Countervailing Duty Measures on Certain Products from China), Gaopeng Viewpoint, February 2022.

“A Preliminary research into EU Carbon Tariff Policy”, Gaopeng Viewpoint, June 2021.

“Differential Treatment in Trade investigations”, China Forex, December 2018.

“Responding Strategy against the EU's new anti-dumping regulations”, Chinese Lawyers, July 2018;

“US Export Control Regime and Compliance Measures - An Analysis of the ZTE Case”, China Forex, April 2017;

“Price Undertakings: A Peaceful Way to Terminate Anti-Dumping Investigations against China”, Journal of International Trade and Arbitration Law, March 2016;

“Guide to Trade & Customs in China”, Getting the Deal Through, July 2015;

“Legal risks in China-Russia trade and investment”, China Forex, February 2015;

“US trade measures against tyres from China”, International Business Daily, July 2014;

"The Dilemma of China as Respondent to Anti-Subsidy Proceedings: A Study of the First EU Anti-Subsidy Investigation against China", Issue 4, Journal of World Trade, Volume 46 (2012).