Senators from both parties asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to respond to a Wall Street Journal editorial headlined "Trump Has No China Trade Strategy." Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., when he had a chance to ask Bessent questions, quoted from it that Trump "has used tariffs as an economic scatter-gun against friends as well as foes."
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DOJ Trade Litigator Joins Hogan Lovells as Partner
Joshua Kurland, a 15-year trial attorney at DOJ, has joined Hogan Lovells as a partner in the international trade and investment practice, the firm announced. At DOJ, Kurland led the government's litigation efforts in many cases in the Commercial Litigation Branch, including over 250 international trade-related cases. From January 2024 to January 2025, he sered as a trial attorney detailed in DOJ's national security division, covering counterintelligence and export control matters.
Former CBP Attorney Joins Stinson as Of Counsel
Nerissa Hamilton-vom Baur, former CBP attorney in the Office of Trade, Regulations and Rulings, has joined Stinson as of counsel in the Washington, D.C., office's energy, environmental, mining and transportation practice, the firm announced. At CBP, Hamilton-vom Baur also served as a trade policy liaison to Congress to assist with coordination on "key trade initiatives," the firm said.
Senior DOJ Trial Counsel Departs Agency
Joshua Kurland, senior trial counsel at DOJ, said on LinkedIn that he's leaving the department after working as a trial attorney for nearly 16 years. Kurland has worked as senior trial counsel since 2009, representing the government at litigation on "international trade, appeals, Government contracts, and administrative law disputes."
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