Profile
Matthew L. Kanna focuses his practice on the international movement of goods, including trade litigation and regulatory actions before the U.S. International Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. federal courts, dispute resolution panels constituted under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Matthew regularly represents large, multinational corporations in both market and non-market economy anti-dumping and countervailing duty proceedings on behalf of both U.S. domestic industries and foreign companies exporting into the U.S. market. Matthew has extensive experience combining specific actions before individual U.S. government agencies to maximize disruption in his clients’ competitors’ supply chains and has defended against similar legal attacks on his clients’ own supply chains. Matthew has a deep understanding of the practical application of U.S. law to impact the movement of goods across international borders.
Capabilities
Experience
- Softwood Lumber from Canada (Lumber IV)°
- Softwood Lumber from Canada (Lumber V)°
- Uncoated Groundwood Paper from Canada°
- Supercalendered Paper from Canada°
- Xanthan Gum from the PRC°
- Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland°
- Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands°
- Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Sweden°
- Utility Scale Wind Towers from the PRC°
- Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the PRC°
- Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the PRC°
- Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel from the PRC°
- Oil Country Tubular Goods from the PRC°
- Tapered Roller Bearings from the PRC°
- Truck and Bus Tires from the PRC°
- Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the PRC°
- New Pneumatic Off-The-Road Tires from the PRC°
- Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from Vietnam°
- Multilayered Wood Flooring from the PRC°
- Strontium Chromate from Austria°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Kanna prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- Law Clerk, Judge Antonio Mario La Pergola, Cour de justice des Communautés européennes, 2001
Recognition & Leadership
- National Leader in International Trade Litigation, Legal 500 US, 2014-2015
- Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
Credentials
- J.D., University of Michigan Law School
- M.H.S.A., University of Michigan
- B.S., Economics, University of Utah
- B.S., Health and Behavioral Science, University of Utah
- District of Columbia