Commerce & Finance Law Offices

Compliance and Government Regulation International Trade / WTO

Partner

From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Hou worked at Garvey Schubert Barer LLP as Chinese Law Counsel;

From 2010 to 2017, Mr. Hou worked at Beijing Hua Cheng Law Firm as the team leader of International Trade Team;

From 2017 to 2021, Mr. Hou worked at Beijing Chang An Law Firm as the team leader of International Trade Team;

Mr. Hou joined Commerce & Finance Law Offices at 2021 as the team leader of International Trade Team

Tsinghua University, 2007, Master Degree

After graduated from Tsinghua University in 2007, Mr. Hou Xiaohua has been focusing on U.S. anti-dumping and countervailing duty proceedings. Mr. Hou is fluent in English and is familiar with the U.S. AD/CVD proceedings. He is good at guiding Chinese enterprises to answer complete initial questionnaires and supplementary questionnaires, establishing database, completing sales and cost reconciliations, and preparing for verification, etc. Mr. Hou Xiaohua is not only able to provide professional legal services for Chinese enterprises in responding to the U.S. AD/CVD investigations, but also good at providing specific export advice and long-term trade guidance for enterprises under the AD/CVD environment.

For more than ten years, Mr. Hou and his team have helped numerous Chinese industries and enterprises in responding to U.S. AD/CVD investigations before the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission. Since the beginning of his practice, he has represented hundreds of cases of anti-dumping investigation, countervailing duty investigation, anti-circumvention investigation, annual administrative review, new shipper review, changed circumstances review, etc., covering solar cells, large displacement engines, small displacement engines, lawn mowers, snow throwers, small diameter graphite electrodes, diamond saw blades, steel coils, fabricated structural steel, non-refillable cylinders, metal locker, cast iron soil pipe, cast iron soil pipe fitting, collated steel staple, steel nails, hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant, R-134a refrigerant, R-32 refrigerant, R-125 refrigerant, PTFE Resin, polyvinyl alcohol, activated carbon, glycine, chlorinated isocyanurates, saccharin, pigment violet 23, canned mushrooms, freshwater crawfish tail meat, multi-layered wood flooring, wooden cabinets and vanities, wooden bedroom furniture, ironing table, hardwood plywood, coated paper, lined paper, ceramic tiles, glass containers and many other Chinese industries, helping many Chinese industries and companies retain or expand the U.S. market.

Mr. Hou Xiaohua has represented numerous enterprises to obtain zero dumping margins or the lowest dumping margins. Some of the cases are listed below. Metal Locker AD Investigation, represented Hangzhou Xline, the mandatory respondent, obtained zero dumping margin; R125 Refrigerant Investigation, represented Zhejiang Sanmei, the mandatory respondent, obtained the lowest dumping margin; Non-refillable Cylinders AD/CVD Investigations, represented Wuyi Xilinde, the mandatory respondent, obtained the lowest AD/CVD margins; Collated Steel Staples AD/CVD Investigations, represented Tianjin Hweschun and Zhejiang Best Nail, the mandatory respondents, obtained the lowest AD/CVD margins; Lawn Mowers CVD Investigation, represented Zhejiang Amerisun and Zhejiang Dobest, the mandatory respondents; Snow Throwers AD/CVD Investigations, represented Zhejiang Zhouli, the mandatory respondent and almost all of the SRA enterprises; Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE Resin) AD Investigation, represented Shandong Dongyue, the mandatory respondent, obtained the lowest dumping margin; HFCs Refrigerant AD Investigation, represented Dalian TT, the mandatory respondent, obtained the lowest dumping margin; R134a Refrigerant AD Investigation, represented Zhejiang Sanmei, the mandatory respondent, obtained the lowest dumping margin; Cast Iron Soil Pipe AD Investigation, represented Shanxi Hengtong, the mandatory respondent, obtained the lowest dumping margin; Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings AD Investigation, represented Wor-Biz, the mandatory respondent, obtained the lowest dumping margin; Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel AD Investigation, represented Anji Pengda, obtained separate rate; Hardwood Plywood AD Investigation, represented Zhejiang Xinyuan and other eleven enterprises, obtained separate rate; Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells AD Investigation, represented Anji Dasol, obtained separate rate; Coated Paper AD Investigation, represented Shandong Sun Paper/Yanzhou Tianzhang, obtained separate rate; Coated Free Sheet Paper CVD Investigation, represented Sun Paper, the mandatory respondent enterprise; Fabricated Structural Steel AD Investigation, represented Zhejiang Zhengte, obtained separate rate; Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod AD Investigation, represented Nantong Runyou, obtained separate rate; Ceramic Tile AD Investigation, represented Jinxing Ceramics and others, obtained separate rate; Certain Collated Steel Staples AD Investigation, represented Tianjin Jingyifeng, China Staple and Tianjin Unicorn, obtained separate rate; Glass Containers AD Investigation, represented Xuzhou Dashi, Xuzhou Huihe and others, obtained separate rates; Vertical Shaft Engines between 225cc and 999cc AD/CVD Investigations, represented Chongqing Runtong, etc. obtained separate rate; Vertical Shaft Engines between 99cc and up to 225cc AD/CVD Investigations, represented Chongqing Runtong, Zhejiang Amerisun, etc., obtained separate rate; Wooden Cabinets and Vanities AD Investigation, represented Zhongshan Jin Yuan Dun, Zhongshan Mei Ying, Zhongshan Meiting, etc., obtained separate rate; Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat AD New Shipper Review, represented Hubei Nature, Deyan Aquatic, obtained zero dumping margin; Glycine AD Administrative Review, represented Baoding Mantong Chemical, the mandatory respondent, obtained 2.95% dumping margin; Canned Mushroom AD Administrative Review, represented Xiamen Guomao, the mandatory respondent, obtained zero dumping margin; Saccharin AD Administrative Review, represented Shanghai Fuxin Chemical, the mandatory respondent, obtained zero dumping margin; Polyvinyl Alcohol AD Administrative Review, represented Chongqing SVW, the mandatory respondent, obtained zero dumping margin; Small Diameter Graphite Electrode AD Administrative Review, represented Fangda Group, the mandatory respondent, obtained 0.69% dumping margin; represented Fushun Jinly, the mandatory respondent, obtained zero dumping margin; Lined Paper AD Administrative Review, represented Shanghai Lianli, the mandatory respondent, obtained the lowest dumping margin; Activated Carbon AD Administrative Review, represented Ningxia Huahui and Lingzhou Foreign Trade, obtained separate rate; Pigment Violet 23 AD Administrative Review, represented Hangzhou Trust Chem, the mandatory respondent, obtained the lowest dumping margin; Diamond Sawblades AD Administrative Review, represented Chengdu Huifeng, the mandatory respondent, obtained zero dumping margin; Steel Nails AD Administrative Review, represented Tianjin Zhonglian, the mandatory respondent, obtained the lowest dumping margin; Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings AD Review, represented Wor-Biz, the mandatory respondent, obtained the lowest dumping margin; Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings AD Review, represented Dalian Dingjin Metal, Dalian Mai Di Ka and others, obtained separate rates; Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat AD Review, represented Hubei Nature, the mandatory respondent, obtained zero dumping margin; Diamond Sawblades AD Changed Circumstance Review, represented Chengdu Huifeng to apply for company name change before the U.S. Department of Commerce; Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings Changed Circumstance Review, represented Wor-Biz to apply for company name change before the U.S. Department of Commerce; 16 to 18 Inch Diameter Graphite Electrodes Anti-circumvention Investigation, represented Sinosteel Jilin Carbon; Pigment Violet 23 AD Administrative Review Appeal, represented Hangzhou Trust Chem in the appeal before the U.S. Court of International Trade against an unreasonable final determination made by the U.S. Department of Commerce; Lined Paper AD Administrative Review Appeal, represented Shanghai Lianli in the appeal before the U.S. Court of International Trade against an unreasonable final determination made by the U.S. Department of Commerce; Diamond Sawblade AD Administrative Review Appeal, represented Chengdu Huifeng in the appeal before the U.S. Court of International Trade against an unreasonable final determination made by the U.S. Department of Commerce; Multilayered Wood Flooring AD Administrative Review Appeal, represented Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd. in the appeal before the U.S. Court of International Trade against an unreasonable final determination made by the U.S. Department of Commerce Academic Activities And Research Achievements

The book “How Lawyers Develop: From Choosing a Profession to Doing a Good Job”, in which Mr. Hou Xiaohua participated, was published in December 2020 by China Legal Publishing House.

Hornor

Was selected into the Talent Pool of Beijing Foreign-related Lawyers

"C&F Representing Chinese Mandatory Respondent Enterprises to Obtain Zero Duty Rate in the Final Determination of the 2020-2021 Review of the Anti-Dumping Duty Order on Staples from PRC initiated by the United States" was selected as one of the representative cases in the "White Paper on Foreign-Related Legal Services provided by Chaoyang Lawyers" (Foreign-Related Friction in Economy and Trade: Anti-Dumping Category).