Overview
Henry Cao is an international trade lawyer with an active practice representing domestic and foreign clients on international trade and regulatory compliance matters.
Henry's international trade practice focuses on US international trade investigations and compliance including trade remedies investigations, customs, and export controls and sanctions. Henry has extensive experience in trade remedies and has advised many foreign producers and the US importers in responding to antidumping and countervailing duty investigations before the US Department of Commerce (DOC) and US International Trade Commission (ITC) and appeals at Federal courts. His experience covers a variety of industries such as steel products, chemicals, engineering projects, home appliances, shipping containers, auto parts, tires, furniture products, wood flooring and paper products. Henry also advises U.S. companies in responding to the antidumping and countervailing duties investigations before the Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM). With regard to customs, Henry counsels US importers and foreign producers concerning customs enforcement and compliance issues, including US Customs and Border Protection investigations under the Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) and related litigation, and China-US trade supply chain issues involving production in third countries, classification, country of origin, and customs entry issues. In the area of export controls and sanctions, Henry works with export control and sanction team to assist clients in handling compliance issues regarding the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR) as well as sanction measures administrated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
As a Chinese background attorney, Henry has a deep understanding of China’s regulatory environment and issues affecting multinational companies with China activities, and he counsels multinational corporations on their China-related businesses.
- New York
- District of Columbia
- Chinese National Bar (non-practicing)
- US Court of International Trade
- Hon. Ann Walsh Bradley, Wisconsin Supreme Court, 2007
- J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School, 2007
- LL.B., Shanghai International Studies University, 2004
News & Publications
Press Releases
Chambers Greater China Region 2024 Recognizes Steptoe Practices and Lawyers
January 19, 2024
Press Releases
Steptoe Announces Partner and Of Counsel Promotions for 1 January 2022
November 18, 2021
Publications
Bloomberg BNA’s International Trade Daily Bulletin
August 21, 2015
By: Eric C. Emerson, Henry Cao
Publications
Recent Changes to Commerce Department's Separate Rates Test
International Business Daily
April 7, 2015
By: Eric C. Emerson, Henry Cao
Resources
Events
Seminars & Events
Global Trade and Enforcement Symposium in Hong Kong
June 1, 2023
Speakers: Renato Antonini, Yongqing Bao, Brigida Benitez, Brian G. Burke, Ali Burney, Henry Cao, John Caracappa, Boyd Cloern, Robyn C. Crowther, Brian J. Fleming, Coy Garrison, Stacie R. Hartman, Zoey Hong, Stanley C. Kuo, Amy J. Lentz, Michelle L. Levin, Patrick F. Linehan, Lucinda A. Low, Jamie Lucia, Alexandra Melia, Cáitrín McKiernan, Eva Monard, Darryl Nirenberg, Gwendolyn Prothro Renigar, Angus Rodger, Guy Soussan, David M. Stetson, Grace Wang, Philip R. West, Charles Whiddington, Wendy Wysong, Lin Yang, Bo Yue, Wilson Zhao
Webinars
The US-China Trade Relationship
August 28, 2018
Speakers: Eric C. Emerson, Gregory S. McCue, Leslie A. Belcher, Henry Cao
Noteworthy
- Chambers Greater China, Up and Coming, International Trade/WTO (International Firms) (2024)