Patrick J. McDonough, Esq.
Patrick J. McDonough is an international trade attorney and of counsel to the Washington, D.C. law firm of Stewart and Stewart. Over the past decade, Mr. McDonough has been actively involved in numerous international trade and customs matters, including antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings, Section 201 and 301 cases, country of origin marking, and tariff schedule issues. He has also provided clients of the firm with trade policy advice on regional and multilateral negotiations, GATT and WTO matters (including such areas as agriculture, services, dispute settlement, various rules areas, competition policy, trade and investment, technical barriers to trade, and government procurement).
Mr. McDonough has represented clients before the U.S. Court of International Trade, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, NAFTA Binational Panel, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. International Trade Commission, U.S. Trade Representative, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Customs Service, and U.S. Congress.
Mr. McDonough’s work has also involved study of the WTO Agreements concerning subsidies and countervailing measures, antidumping, dispute settlement, and other subjects. Mr. McDonough is the author of chapters on the WTO Agreement on Subsides and Countervailing Measures in two volumes of a Uruguay Round negotiating history: “Subsidies and Countervailing Measures,” in Volume I, The GATT Uruguay Round: A Negotiating History (1986-1992) (Terence P. Stewart, ed.) (Kluwer, 1993); “Subsidies and Countervailing Measures,” in Volume IV: The End Game (Part I), The GATT Uruguay Round: A Negotiating History (1986-1994) (Terence P. Stewart, ed.) (Kluwer, 1999).
In addition, Mr. McDonough is the author of the chapter on “Industry-Specific and other Targeted Incentives,” in Export Practice: Customs and International Trade Law (PLI, Spring 1994).
Mr. McDonough received his law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, and his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Maryland, College Park. Mr. McDonough is admitted to the District of Columbia and Maryland bars, and to the U.S. Court of International Trade and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is a member of the Customs and International Trade Bar Association.
Publications
“Preserving the Effectiveness of Trade Remedies for Developing Commonwealth and ACP Countries,” Paper Presented in Geneva at the First Joint High Level CDC-ACP-AITIC Workshop on the Agreement on Anti-Dumping Practices (April 28, 2010). – Author: Terence P. Stewart, Amy S. Dwyer and Patrick J. McDonough. Year: 2010
“Moving Forward With Trade Remedies: A Collective Journey,” in Opportunities and Obligations: New Perspectives on Global and US Trade Policy, Kluwer Law International (Fall 2009) – Author: Terence P. Stewart, Amy S. Dwyer and Patrick J. McDonough. Year: 2009
“Piracy and the state: The Politics of IPR in China and the Practical Implications for US Policies and Stgrategies,” paper presented at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Program on Intellectual Property Issues in China – A Roadmap for the New Administration (August 18, 2009) – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Patrick J. McDonough. Year: 2009
“Summary of Customs and Trade Decision July 1, 2008 to June 12, 2009,” paper presented at the Federal Circuit Bar Association’s Annual Bench & Bar Conference (June 18-20, 2009) – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Patrick J. McDonough. Year: 2009
“China’s Industrial Policy and Its Impact on U.S. Companies, Workers and the American Economy,” presentation at Hearing Before the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission (March 24, 2009) – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Patrick J. McDonough. Year: 2009
“Origin of the Trade Jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit,” Journal of the Federal Circuit Historical Society, Vol. 2 (December 2008) – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Patrick J. McDonough. Year: 2008
More Than 50 Years of Trade Rule Discrimination on Taxation: How Trade With China is Affected Full Text – Author: Terence P. Stewart, Eric P. Salonen and Patrick J. McDonough. Year: 2007
China’s Compliance With WTO Commitments and Obligations: 2005-2007 Update Full Text – Author: Terence P. Stewart, Patrick J. McDonough, Natalie E. Stewart and Anne Ammons. Year: 2007
“Proposals to Improve Trade Remedies for Agricultural Trade,” paper prepared for the Marketing and International Trade Policy Committee NASDA (March 6, 2007) – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Patrick J. McDonough. Year: 2007
U.S.-Mexico Tomato Trade: Evaluating the Suspension Agreement Ten Years Later – Author: Terence P. Stewart, Patrick J. McDonough, Philip A. Butler, Elizabeth J. Drake and Carl Moyer. Year: 2006
China’s Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and the Dangers of the Movement of Counterfeited and Pirated Goods Into the United States – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Patrick J. McDonough. Year: 2006
“China’s Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and the Dangers of the Movement of Counterfeited and Pirated Goods Into the United States,” Panel IX: IP Law and Bilateral Negotiations, paper presented at a Hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (June 8, 2006) – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Patrick J. McDonough. Year: 2006
China in the WTO – Year 3 – Author: Terence P. Stewart, Patrick J. McDonough and Dawei Huang. Year: 2005
China’s Compliance With World Trade Organization Obligations: A Review of China’s 1st Two Years of Membership – Author: Terence P. Stewart, Patrick J. McDonough and Dawei Huang. Year: 2005
Doing Business With China: What Your Client Needs to Know – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Patrick J. McDonough. Year: 2004
Accession of the People’s Republic of China to the World Trade Organization: A Report and Selected Annexes – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Patrick J. McDonough. Year: 2002
Rules in a Rules-Based WTO: Key to Growth; The Challenges Ahead – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Patrick J. McDonough. Year: 2002
Rules in a Rules-Based WTO: Key to Growth; The Challenges Ahead Full Text – Author: Terence P. Stewart, Amy S. Dwyer, Patrick J. McDonough, Marta M. Prado and Amy A. Karpel. Year: 2002
Accession of the People’s Republic of China to the World Trade Organization: A Report and Selected Annexes – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Patrick J. McDonough. Year: 2002
China’s Accession to the WTO and Its Implications for Improved Trade Flows in High Technology and Deeper U.S.-China Economic Relationship – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Patrick J. McDonough. Year: 2002
Practicing: International Trade
