John B. Brew
Areas of Focus
Overview
When governments impose barriers to trade that restrict global supply chains, our team provides businesses timely, practical, and creative solutions through legal, political, and economic strategies to eliminate obstacles, reduce costs, and minimize the harm caused.
Career & Education
- City of London Polytechnic, 1983
- Bucknell University, B.A., 1985
- The Dickinson School of Law, J.D., staff editor, Dickinson Law Review, 1988
- District of Columbia
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of International Trade
He is extremely knowledgeable, technically strong and able to think outside the box.
— Chambers USA
John's Insights
Blog Post | 03.07.24
Firm News | 2 min read | 03.06.24
Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Group Named a Law360 Practice Group of the Year
Blog Post | 03.05.24
Representative Matters
- Assisting clients in implementing global duty recovery programs, obtaining significant duty refunds and savings by obtaining relief through Section 201, 232 and 301 tariff exclusions, Miscellaneous Tariff Bills, tariff engineering, first sale valuation, free trade agreements, tariff remission, antidumping reviews, drawback and free trade zones.
- Helping clients establish import compliance and cargo security programs and become C-TPAT and ISA members.
- Representing a home textile manufacturer in a favorable classification decision before Customs, the U.S. Court of International Trade and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and advising the company on multilateral and bilateral textile agreements.
- Counseling U.S. importers on Customs valuation issues, including audits, intracompany transfer pricing, three-tiered transactions, buying agency agreements and assists.
- Advising U.S. importers and exporters of aviation, automobile, food, beverage, chemical, construction, pharmaceutical, plastic, textile, apparel, and petroleum products during NAFTA verifications conducted by United States, Canadian and Mexican Customs officials, and advising multi-national clients on other free trade agreement origin verifications in the United States, EU and Asia.
- Defending U.S. importers and manufacturers against Customs penalty, liquidated damages, detention, seizure, and forfeiture actions, including obtaining dismissal of $5 million Customs penalty claim against importer by the U.S. Court of International Trade.
John's Insights
Blog Post | 03.07.24
Firm News | 2 min read | 03.06.24
Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Group Named a Law360 Practice Group of the Year
Blog Post | 03.05.24
Recognition
- Chambers USA: Band 2, International Trade-Customs, Nationwide 2012 - 2023
- Chambers Global: Band 2, International Trade: Customs 2016 - 2023
- The Best Lawyers in America: International Trade, Finance Law
- Who’s Who Legal: Trade and Customs, 2022, 2023
- Super Lawyers: Top-rated, International Trade, 2014 - 2020, 2023
- 2020 Client Choice Award for International Trade in the United States
John's Insights
Blog Post | 03.07.24
Firm News | 2 min read | 03.06.24
Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Group Named a Law360 Practice Group of the Year
Blog Post | 03.05.24
Practices
- Customs
- International Trade
- Product Risk Management
- International Trade Investigations
- Investigations
- WTO, FTAs and Market Access
- Trade Remedies: Antidumping and Countervailing Duties
- Export Controls
- Antiboycott Laws
- U.S. ITC Section 337
- Supply Chain Management
- Human Rights and Forced Labor
- Regulatory Litigation
- Energy
John's Insights
Blog Post | 03.07.24
Firm News | 2 min read | 03.06.24
Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Group Named a Law360 Practice Group of the Year
Blog Post | 03.05.24