Yongqing Bao is a Chinese lawyer, associate in our Competition, Trade & EU regulatory practice based in our Brussels office. His particular expertise covers Trade Law, EC Law, WTO Law and Chinese Law.

Yongqing is an experienced Chinese trade expert in the team. He advises governments in various trade and investment issues, as well as in FTA negotiation strategies. He is actively involved in numerous trade defence investigations by defending clients in various jurisdictions. He has extensive knowledge in all aspects of anti-dumping proceedings, in particular assisting clients in the preparation of questionnaire responses, during on-spot verifications and negotiation of undertakings. He also advises clients on EC customs rules and procedures.

Yongqing also advises private parties and public bodies in litigation actions before the European courts in Luxembourg, relating to trade defence measures, public procurement and internal market.

Yongqing is a competition practitioner as well. He advised clients in major merger & acquisition related competition matters in various jurisdictions throughout the world.

Representative Experience

• Assisting in monitoring EC trade defence proceedings over various products for private and public sectors
• Advising Korean clients in Russian anti-dumping proceedings against polymer coated metals and in EC anti-dumping proceedings against high tenacity yarns
• Advising major South African and Chinese clients in Russian anti-dumping proceedings against stainless steel flat products
• Advising major paper producer in South-eastern Asia in the first EC anti-subsidy proceedings against China.
• Advising a major client in new exporter review of anti-dumping measures on imports of magnesia bricks, citric acid, high tenacity yarn originating in China
• Assisting in advising a major Thai producer in preparing an interim review of anti-dumping measures on imports of plastic bags
• Assisting in advising Indian client in EC anti-dumping and anti-subsidy proceedings against stainless steel fasteners as well as stainless steel bright bars
• Assisting in advising clients in EC anti-dumping proceedings against imports of MSG, fasteners, PSF, hand-pallet trucks, high tenacity yarns, ironing board, furfural alcohol, furfural, ceramic tiles, coated fine paper, bicycles, citric acid, organic coated steel originating in China
• Assisting in advising European clients in EC anti-dumping proceedings against imports of fatty alcohol originating in India, Indonesia and Malaysia
• Assisting in advising major Chinese fastener producers challenging the EU anti-dumping measures before the European courts in Luxembourg
• Assisting in advising client on product classification and binding tariff information under the EC customs rules
• Assisting in advising governmental agency on negotiation positions and strategies of EU-ASEAN free trade agreement
• Advising Polish client in the matter of free movement in the EC internal market
• Assisting in advising public bodies in litigations relating to public procurement before the European courts in Luxembourg
• Assisting in merger filings of a major Ukrainian conglomerate company in various jurisdictions
• Assisting in merger filings of a major sugar manufacturer and a liquor distributor in France