Jim Cannon is a partner in the International Section at Williams Mullen. Based in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, Mr. Cannon focuses his practice on diverse international trade matters including antidumping and countervailing duty cases, market access proceedings, foreign acquisitions, foreign and domestic antitrust regulation and competition policy, and various customs matters. Mr. Cannon assists clients in opening foreign markets for their exports, obtaining tariff concessions, preserving the protection of U.S. tariffs, and obtaining harmonized rules of origin. Mr. Cannon has assisted clients to obtain benefits under the NAFTA, various regional agreements, and the World Trade Organization agreements.

Education
Washington College of Law at American University, J.D. - 1982
University of Virginia, B.A. - 1979

Professional Affiliations


Awards and Honors
Echols Sholar

Publications
Confronting and Countering Import Competition

The Commerce Department Proposes New "Safe Harbor" Rules and "Red Flags" for Exporters

Remedies Against Remedies: The Byrd Amendment And The WTO

Resolving Disputes Under NAFTA Chapter 19 (SHEPARD'S McGraw-Hill 1995).

"Dispute Settlement in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Cases," The World Trade Organization Multilateral Framwork for the 21^st Century and U.S. Implementing Legislation, 1996.
"Material Injury and the Business Cycle in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Cases," 14 B.C. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 53 (1991).

Co-Author, "Trade and Cattle - How the System is Failing an Industry in Crisis," 8 Minn. J. Global Trade 2 (Summer 2000).

"NAFTA Dispute Resolution Procedures Applicable to Environmental Disputes in Agricultural Trade," 16^th Annual Educational Conference, Am. Ag. Law Assn. (Nov. 3-4, 1995).
"Simplification of Antidumping Duty Actions:  Efficiency at What Price?", 25 Law & Pol'y Int'l Bus. 1 (1993).

"GATT Panels Need Restraining Principles," 24 Law & Pol'y Int'l Bus. 1167 (1993).

"Forum:  Binational Dispute Resolution Procedures Under the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement-Experiences to Date and Portents for the Future," 24 N.Y.U.J. Int'l L. & Pol. 341 (1991).

"Should the Federal Circuit Take a 'Hard Look' at International Trade Cases in the 1990s?" 40 Am. U.L. Rev. 1093 (1991).

"Binational Panel Dispute Settlement Under Article 1904 of the United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement:  A Procedural Comparison with the United States Court of International Trade," 22 Law & Pol'y Int'l Bus. 689 (1991).

Representations

• Represented U.S. integrated steel mills, industrial equipment producers, consumer goods producers, chemical producers, and agricultural interests to obtain relief from foreign dumping and subsidized foreign imports;
• Assisted major industrial equipment producer to open the Japanese market in the context of U.S.-Japan bilateral negotiations;
• Assisted various automotive parts manufacturers to obtain favorable rules of origin under the North American Free Trade Agreement;
• Defended oil field equipment producers in the context of fraud charges by the Customs Service
• Represented U.S. agricultural association in rulemaking and litigation before the U.S. Department of Agriculture;
• Defended a major multinational chemical producer in an antidumping investigation in South Africa
• Represented a U.S. consumer goods producer in marking and false advertising investigations by the Federal Trade Commission