Daniel Charles Hohnstein

Daniel Hohnstein is a partner at Tereposky & DeRose. He represents governments and private sector clients in complex international trade matters. He regularly appears as counsel in WTO dispute settlement proceedings in Geneva. He is an experienced advisor on WTO obligations, compliance issues, and dispute procedures, with expertise covering the GATT 1994, Anti-Dumping Agreement, SCM Agreement, SPS Agreement, TBT Agreement, Safeguards Agreement, Government Procurement Agreement, Agreement on Agriculture, GATS, and the Dispute Settlement Understanding.

Dan also advises government and industry clients throughout the world on regional trade agreements (RTAs), including rules of origin (tariff shift and regional value requirements), market access obligations and exceptions, tariff rate quotas (TRQs), and dispute settlement procedures. Most recently, he has advised extensively on matters concerning the new North American trade agreement between Canada, Mexico and the United States (USMCA / CUSMA / T-MEC), the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and the Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (TCA).

Dan also advises and represents clients in anti-dumping, countervailing duty (anti-subsidy), and emergency safeguard matters before the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Canadian international Trade Tribunal (CITT). He regularly assists clients in understanding Canadian procedures under the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) and how to navigate provisional measures, questionnaire responses, written submissions, witness statements, and public hearings. Internationally, Dan advises investigating authorities on key concepts, processes, and practices under the WTO Anti-Dumping, SCM, and Safeguard Agreements.

Dan’s practice also covers cross-border trade and customs compliance . He advises clients on complex issues concerning Harmonized System (HS) tariff classification, country of origin, and valuation of traded goods. He assists clients in optimizing value chains to comply with customs and other Canadian requirements, navigating CBSA post-entry audits, and in identifying, triaging, and correcting errors in customs declarations.