Natalie Zink is an attorney who advises on international trade and customs matters, with an emphasis on antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD), compliance strategy, cross-border risk management, and related litigation.

Natalie served as an attorney in the Office of the Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement and Compliance (CC-TEC) at the U.S. Department of Commerce where she supported all stages of the AD/CVD process, including petition initiation, administrative reviews, scope determinations, remand proceedings, and court litigation. She provided legal guidance on duty calculations, interpreted trade-remedy regulations, and collaborated with enforcement analysts and policymakers on litigation risk. Natalie has drafted briefs before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and contributed to the U.S. Government’s submission before a USMCA panel reviewing Canadian softwood lumber duties.

Matters

Contributed to the U.S. Government’s submission before a USMCA panel reviewing Canadian softwood lumber duties.

Drafted briefs before the Court of International Trade on AD/CVD administrative reviews concerning aluminum, steel, and automotive industries.

Supported all stages of AD/CVD investigations and reviews before the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Conducted country of origin and substantial transformation analyses to guide sourcing and manufacturing decisions for global importers.

Education

Gettysburg College, B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies: Arabic and the Contemporary Middle East, 2014

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, M.A., Arabic Language, 2016, cum laude

American University Washington College of Law, (J.D.), 2020, cum laude

Admissions

District of Columbia

U.S. Court of International Trade

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Languages

Arabic (levantine dialects & MSA - fluent)