Jon Freed

Jon Freed is a partner at Trade Pacific, PLLC and an international trade attorney in Washington, D.C. He represents publicly traded and privately owned manufacturers, exporters, importers, trade associations, and foreign governments in antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings. His practice includes matters before the US Department of Commerce and US International Trade Commission, appeals in the US Court of International Trade and Federal Circuit, and customs counseling involving regulatory requirements that affect cross-border trade.

Freed earned his J.D. from the University of Kansas, School of Law in 2002 and an M.B.A. from the University of Kansas, School of Business that same year. He received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Kansas in 1997. His combined legal and business education supports a practice requiring close attention to financial data, trade calculations, regulatory procedures, commercial operations, and the strategic effects of duties and tariffs on international businesses.

Freed has represented clients in the United States and across Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East in industries including agricultural goods, seafood, steel, renewable energy, paper, chemicals, textiles, and consumer products. He advises importers on country-of-origin rules, prior disclosures, tariff classifications, and valuation. Before private practice, he spent more than three years as a senior case investigator in the US Department of Commerce’s antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement division.

Jon Freed has handled significant trade remedy matters involving shrimp, solar products, steel pipe, consumer goods, and customs audits. His work has included obtaining low or zero duty rates, defending agency determinations on appeal, securing exclusions from Section 232 tariffs, and resolving customs liability issues. He is admitted in the District of Columbia and Kansas and before the US Court of International Trade and Federal Circuit, bringing agency, litigation, and compliance experience to international trade disputes.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Trade Pacific PLLC
• Member, District of Columbia Bar
• Member, Kansas Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association

Licensed State

• District of Columbia
• Kansas

Education

• University of Kansas, School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Kansas, School of Business
  Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• University of Kansas
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science

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