Phyllis L. Derrick is a consultant who focuses on trade remedy matters on behalf of major American and other multinational corporations.
Ms. Derrick has more than 30 years of experience, both in counseling companies and in administering trade remedy laws. In private practice and government service, she has represented and worked with a broad array of industries, including agricultural, steel, electronics, chemicals, commodities and consumer goods, both in petitioning the US government for imposition of duties and defending international clients against allegations of dumping and subsidization. She assists clients with all aspects of these cases, including strategic planning, case evaluation, risk management, data collection, coordination, communications and analysis.
Previously, Ms. Derrick worked with SKF Gleitlager in Saarbrücken, Germany. With US$50 million in annual sales and overseas subsidiary operations, she served as deputy company controller. Her responsibilities included establishing intracompany transfer pricing policies to comply with local and US tax requirements and extensive oversight of the US subsidiary operation for consolidated management reporting. She was responsible for ensuring local implementation of corporate financial and accounting reporting requirements based on US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Special projects included revision of the cost accounting system, replacement of software accounting systems, and participating as finance spokesman in company Total Quality Management projects. Her work was conducted entirely in German.
Prior to joining SKF Gleitlager, Ms. Derrick worked with Grant Thornton, a major accounting and consulting firm, in its international trade group. She designed and implemented systems for reporting requirements, including addressing all aspects of necessary reporting methodologies, data collection and evaluation.
Prior to her work with Grant Thornton, Ms. Derrick served at the Department of Commerce's Import Administration for seven years. She developed, directed and coordinated programs to enforce US antidumping law. She worked on more than 100 separate proceedings. She was a key member of the team charged with investigating the only case selfinitiated by the Commerce Department and with subsequently establishing the quarterly monitoring procedures.
Ms. Derrick is active in Women in International Trade, a women's professional trade group consisting of over 500 members. She has previously served on the board and as president.
Experience
- Large manufacturer in defending against dumping allegations in antidumping investigation of Korean thermal paper products.
- Two large steel manufacturers in separate antidumping investigations and administrative reviews of Korean cold-rolled and corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products, as well as related appeals before the Court of International Trade and the WTO.
- Large manufacturer in defending against dumping allegations in antidumping investigation of Indonesian mattresses.
- Large manufacturer in defending against dumping and subsidy allegations in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of Indonesian wind towers.
- Large multinational manufacturer in defending against dumping allegations in separate antidumping investigations of Korean fine denier and low melt polyester stable fiber products.
- Large manufacturer in defending against subsidy allegations in countervailing investigation of Canadian uncoated groundwood paper products.
- Two large steel manufacturers in separate investigations and administrative reviews of Korean oil country tubular goods and line pipe.
- Large manufacturer in defending against subsidy allegations in countervailing duty investigation of Canadian softwood lumber products.
- Large manufacturer in defending against allegations of antidumping circumvention involving manufacturing steel products in Vietnam from China- and Korea-origin inputs.
- Large manufacturers in defending against allegation of dumping and subsidization in antidumping and countervailing investigations of Chinese wooden cabinets.
- Large steel manufacturer in defending against allegations of dumping in separate investigations of Korean grain-oriented and grain oriented electrical steel products.
- Government in defending against subsidy allegations in investigation of Taiwanese non-oriented electrical steel products.
- Manufacturer in defending against allegations of dumping in investigation of Taiwanese narrow woven ribbons.
- Large multinational manufacturer in defending against allegations of dumping in investigation of Japanese chlorinated isocynurates.
- Large multinational manufacturer in defending against allegations of dumping and subsidization in investigations of Korean and Mexican refrigerators and washers.
- Manufacturer in antidumping administrative reviews of Korean circular welded non-alloy steel pipe.
- Manufacturer in antidumping investigation and administrative reviews of Korean large power transformers.
- Manufacturer in defending against allegations of dumping in separate investigations of Korean coated free sheet paper and lightweight thermal paper.
- Large multinational manufacturer in defending against allegations of dumping and subsidization in investigations of Korean semiconductors.
- Manufacturer in defending against allegations of dumping in investigation of Korean diamond sawblades.
- US manufacturer in antidumping petition against Chinese folding metal tables and chairs.
- Shrimp processor in antidumping administrative reviews of Thai frozen warmwater shrimp.
- Entire Chilean industry in defending against allegations of dumping in investigation of Chilean frozen raspberries.
- US manufacturers in defending against allegations of dumping in two separate Mexican investigations of US pork products.
- US manufacturer in defending against allegations of dumping in Mexican investigation of US high fructose corn syrup.
Recognition
Credentials
- B.A., The George Washington University, 1979
- *Not admitted to the practice of law