Kat Lucero

Correspondent

Kat is a US trade reporter for MLex. She previously covered tax policy, the Internal Revenue Service and Congress for Tax Analysts, Bloomberg BNA and The Hill. Kat was also a community news writer, covering real estate, economic development, art, food and restaurants in Washington, DC, as well as a reporting fellow for the Sunlight Foundation.

Selected Insights by Kat

Critics say Facebook should be on US Trade Representative's 'Notorious Markets List,' citing sale of counterfeit goods

2021-10-18T21:15:00+01:00 Kat Lucero

Marketplace is now one of the world’s most popular e-commerce sites, serving dozens of countries
- Trade
- North America
US cracks down on forced labor in supply chains, convinces allies to do same

2021-06-21T21:12:00+01:00 Kat Lucero

US Customs and Border Protection to block the import of goods suspected to have been made with forced labor.
- Trade
- Cross-Jurisdiction
Thyssenkrupp's failure to seek Section 232 tariff exclusions doomed constitutional challenge

2021-03-16T00:00:00+00:00 Kat Lucero

Thyssenkrupp Materials' discrimination challenge against the US Commerce Department left out relief on steel and aluminum imports.
- Trade
- North America
Chinese twist ties found to be subsidized, dumped as Commerce puts off currency review

2021-02-17T00:00:00+00:00 Kat Lucero

Twist ties from China have been assigned a final US antisubsidy rate of 111.96 percent, with no offsetting for the devaluation of Chinese currency.
- Trade
- North America
- Asia
US Commerce Department is fast-tracking major duty evasion rules

2020-09-09T13:00:00+01:00 Kat Lucero

Sweeping changes to US trade enforcement regulations are underway, and the Commerce Department appears to be intent on finalizing them.
- Trade
- North America