Carolyn B. Gleason is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Washington, D.C., office. She heads the Firm’s International Trade Practice Group.
Key Accomplishments
- Well recognized expertise in dispute settlement proceedings under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and World Trade Organization (WTO), having served as government counsel and chief private sector counsel in numerous successful dispute settlement actions
- Appointed member of the President's U.S. Agricultural Private Sector Advisory Committee since 1994, advising the U.S. government on U.S. trade initiatives and objectives
- Extensive experience in all areas of trade relief, including U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty procedures, and on matters relating to the Generalized System of Preferences and other customs issues
- Active private sector counsel in multilateral trade negotiations, Free Trade Areas, and bilateral trade disputes
- Expert trade counsel in key international food safety and phytosanitary disputes (e.g., red dye, benzoic acid, sulphites, carmine, seed weevil, coddling moth, golden nematode, medfly, Mexican fruit fly)
- Client advocate in U.S. export assistance programs, including MAP, Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program, GSM, Cochran Fellowship Program, Section 108, Emerging Markets Program, P.L. 480 and Voluntary Visitors Program
- Testifying panelist on several occasions before the U.S. Congress regarding the multilateral trade system and trade legislation
Key Cases
- WTO: European Communities – Regime for the Importation, Sale and Distribution of Bananas – Second Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU
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WTO: European Communities – Regime for the Importation, Sale and Distribution of Bananas – Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by the United States (panel and Appellate Body proceedings)
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WTO Arbitration: European Communities – The ACP-EC Partnership Agreement – Recourse to Arbitration Pursuant to the Decision of
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WTO Arbitration: European Communities – Second Recourse to Arbitration Respecting the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement
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WTO: European Communities – Regime for the Importation, Sale and Distribution of Bananas – Recourse to Arbitration by the European Communities under Article 22.6 of the DSU (U.S.)
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WTO: European Communities – Regime for the Importation, Sale and Distribution of Bananas (panel and Appellate Body proceedings)
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Section 301: European Communities – Banana Import Regime
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Section 301/GATT: EEC – Production Aids Granted on Canned Peaches, Canned Pears, Canned Fruit Cocktail and Dried Grapes
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Section 301/GATT: EEC – Tariff Treatment of Imports of Citrus Products from Certain Countries in the Mediterranean Region
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Section 301/GATT: India – Import Quotas and Licenses on Almonds
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GATT: EEC – Import Regime for Bananas
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GATT: EEC – Member States’ Import Regimes for Bananas
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GATT: Japan – Restrictions on Imports of Certain Agricultural Products
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GATT: Provisions of the U.S. Wine Equity Act
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Section 305 (308): Investigation of Global Mink Practices
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Section 305 (308): Investigation of Global Kiwifruit Practices
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Section 305 (308): Investigation of Indian Restrictions on Almond Access
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Antidumping Investigation: Fresh Kiwifruit from New Zealand
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Section 104 Action: Sugar Content of Certain Articles from Australia
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Section 332 Investigation: Canned Peaches, Pears, and Fruit Mixtures – Conditions of Competition Between the U.S. and Principal Foreign Supplier Industries
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Section 332 Investigation: Apples – Certain Conditions of Competition Between the U.S. and Canadian Industries
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Section 332 Investigation: EU Horticultural Practices
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Article 185 Action (European Court of Justice): Interim Relief Concerning EC Regulation 404
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American Arbitration Association: International Contract Arbitrations
Carolyn has received, by invitation, a degree from the Japanese Business Study Program from the Institute of International Studies and Training in Japan.
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1981
- Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1978
