Ronald A. Oleynik practices in the areas of international trade regulation. His experience involves a broad range of customs, export, and international trade matters, including trade litigation before the United States Department of Commerce and International Trade Commission regarding Antidumping and Countervailing Duty investigations and reviews, Section 232 national security investigations, and Section 332 investigations; customs matters, including custom classification and valuation, rules of origin, and special duty programs such as General System of Preferences (GSP), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI), and Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBPTA); trade policy representation before the Executive Branch and Congress regarding the World Trade Organization (WTO), CBI, CBPTA, Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), and other trade multi- and bi-lateral trade negotiations.
Mr. Oleynik has substantial experience in assisting clients in complying with U.S. trade embargoes and economic sanctions programs involving countries such as Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Sudan. Mr. Oleynik works frequently with the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, which is responsible for implementing, administering and enforcing sanctions regulations that restrict business transactions involving designated countries and their nationals.
In the area of U.S. export control, Mr. Oleynik counsels a broad range of clients on licensing, compliance, and enforcement issues under the export control regimes of the departments of State, Commerce, and Treasury.
In the area of Industrial Security, Mr. Oleynik has been involved in a significant percentage of all foreign investment review proceedings before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and is one of the leading practitioners in the area of foreign direct investment in the U.S. defense industry under the U.S. regulations regarding Foreign Ownership, Control and Influence (FOCI).
Mr. Oleynik has also represented clients before other regulatory agencies regarding trade related matters including: the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), and the Department of Transportation (DOT).