St.Maxens & Company assists clients in their representations before all branches of the U.S. and foreign governments on matters concerning bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations, trade legislation, trade policy and regulatory issues, statutory trade investigations, GSP cases, and tariff and customs matters. The firm’s expertise and firsthand experience with the inner workings of the U.S. government, coupled with continuous monitoring of trade policy initiatives, ensures efficient work plans and effective results for clients. Examples of representational projects handled by St.Maxens & Company include: Preparing and successfully lobbying for Congressional passage of duty suspension and other trade bills For the Doha Round of WTO negotiations, spearheading efforts with U.S. and foreign government officials to secure a sector's inclusion among the sectors proposed for across-the-board tariff elimination. Leading efforts to propose and secure final agreement on a sector's inclusion in the "zero-for-zero" tariff agreement concluded as part of the Uruguay Round negotiations On behalf of a major U.S. exporter, securing a 40 percent reduction in a Korean tariff through representations to the U.S. Trade Representative, Department of Commerce, and Korean government officials Representing clients in over 100 GSP cases, the most handled by any firm since 1985 Chairing a coalition of Fortune 500 companies in lobbying the Administration and Congress for preferential tariff treatment for certain Asian countries