Overview
Zhu (Judy) Wang focuses her practice on international trade and investment as well as international regulation and compliance. Judy represents companies across various industries on all aspects of antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) proceedings before the US Department of Commerce (DOC), the US International Trade Commission (ITC), and US courts. Judy also counsels clients on trade issues arising out of bilateral and multilateral relationships with various US trading partners to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization (WTO), and customs matters with US Customs and Border Protection.
Judy's international compliance practice covers export controls, sanctions, anti-boycott, CFIUS, and anti-corruption compliance program development and implementation, licensing and advisory opinions, export control jurisdictional and classification analysis, and regulatory policy. She has experience advising on the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), US sanctions regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and, in the anti-corruption area, on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other statutes.
Judy is active in Steptoe's pro bono program and has counseled various nongovernmental organizations on compliance with various economic sanctions and exports controls regimes.
- California
- District of Columbia
- US Court of International Trade
- J.D., Columbia Law School, 2016, Notes Editor, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Richard Paul Richman Leadership Fellow
- LL.M., University of Amsterdam, 2016, International Criminal Law
- B.A., Vanderbilt University, 2011, Vanderbilt College Scholar; Phi Beta Kappa, Economics
Areas of Work
Representative Matters
- Achieved a unanimous final negative injury determination from the US International Trade Commission in the high profile US AD/CVD investigation of Urea Ammonium Nitrate (UAN) from Russia and Trinidad & Tobago.
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Represented a coalition of US purchasers of PET resin in an AD investigation of PET resin from Brazil, Indonesia, South Korea, Pakistan and Taiwan that ended with a unanimous negative final injury determination before the ITC. Continued representation of the coalition on appeal at the Court of International Trade and achieved a victory on appeal.
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Represented the Government of Canada in the high profile US AD investigation of 100- to 150-Seat Large Civil Aircraft from Canada. Helped secure a rare unanimous "no injury" determination from the ITC.
- Represented companies in a wide range of industries in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations before the US Department of Commerce.
- Handled disclosures of companies and individuals, including non-US nationals, in connection with various export control infractions under the Export Administration Regulations.
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Represented British Steel in an AD investigation and related material injury investigation of Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the United Kingdom.
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Represented European companies in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations before the US Department of Commerce.
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Assisted with cross-border anti-corruption investigations in the extractive industries.
Speaking Engagements
- "State of Trade: Global Trade & Legal Insights 2025," Women in International Trade Orange County, March 7, 2025
- "China in the Crosshairs: How to Navigate US Regulatory Risks with America’s No. 1 Frenemy," 35th NAPABA Convention, Indianapolis, November 9, 2023
- "Trade and Investment," Commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of the Normalization of the US-China Relationship, The Carter Center and Renmin University of China North America Alumni Association, Atlanta, GA, December 15, 2018
- "National Security Review of Foreign Direct Investment Into The United States (CFIUS Review) and Changes Introduced Through The Foreign Investment Risk Review and Modernization Act (FIRRMA)," an event co-hosted by the Customs and International Trade Bar Association (CITBA), Young Lawyers Committee (YLC), and Gays and Trans in Trade (GATT), Washington, DC, November 14, 2018
- Guest Lecturer, "CFIUS Reform in Context: China in CFIUS's Crosshairs," International Investment Law Seminar, Columbia Law School and Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), October 8, 2018
News & Publications
Global Trade & Investment Law Blog
Important Updates to President Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs
April 17, 2025
By: Eric C. Emerson, Kevin Garvey, Zhu (Judy) Wang, Jeffrey G. Weiss, Christopher Forsgren, Santiago Gomez Cifuentes, Meghan Pearce
Global Trade & Investment Law Blog
April 16, 2025
Global Trade & Investment Law Blog
President Trump Unveils New Reciprocal Tariffs on 'Liberation Day'
April 8, 2025
Client Alerts
President Trump Announces Long-Anticipated Reciprocal Tariffs on "Liberation Day"
April 3, 2025
By: Eric C. Emerson, Kevin Garvey, Zhu (Judy) Wang, Jeffrey G. Weiss, Christopher Forsgren, Santiago Gomez Cifuentes, Meghan Pearce
Global Trade & Investment Law Blog
March 20, 2025
Global Trade & Investment Law Blog
Updated: An Overview of President Trump's Executive Orders on Tariffs
March 19, 2025
Global Trade & Investment Law Blog
USTR Requests Public Comment on Unfair and Non-Reciprocal Foreign Trade Practices
February 24, 2025
Client Alerts
February 18, 2025
Global Trade & Investment Law Blog
February 18, 2025
Resources
Client Alerts
Changes Afoot for CFIUS and US Export Controls as the Dust Settles on FIRRMA
August 16, 2018
Client Alerts
UN and US Impose New Sanctions on North Korea Amidst Increasing Hostility
September 26, 2017
By: Edward J. Krauland, Meredith Rathbone, Jack R. Hayes, Zhu (Judy) Wang
Client Alerts
A Detailed Look at the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
August 10, 2017
By: Meredith Rathbone, Zhu (Judy) Wang, Jack R. Hayes, Alexandra Baj
Client Alerts
June 29, 2017
By: Brigida Benitez, Alexandra Melia, Stephanie W. Wang, Zhu (Judy) Wang, Bo Yue
Previous Employment
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Research assistant to Professor Amal Clooney on forthcoming publication of The Right to a Fair Trial in International Law,Oxford University Press (2015-2016)
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Research assistant to Dr. Guénaël Mettraux on international criminal law and international humanitarian law issues before international tribunals at The Hague, Netherlands (2015)
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Judicial Intern, Hon. Beryl A. Howell, US District Court for the District of Columbia (2015)
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Analyst, Corporate Executive Board (2011-2013)
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Research Intern, Nashville Export Assistance Center, International Trade Administration (2010-2011)
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Congressional Intern, Representative Bart Gordon (D-TN) (2008)
Professional Affiliations
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Pathfinder
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Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Assistant Vice President of Education
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Women in International Trade