David E. Bond

David Bond is the head of White & Case's Global International Trade Group. 

David has 30 years of experience advising clients on market access issues under international trade agreements and in trade remedy litigation in the United States and around the world. He resides in the Washington DC office, and previously headed the Firm's trade practices in the Mexico City and Miami offices.

In recent years, David has been deeply involved in US trade proceedings involving national security claims. He defended European steel producers in the US Section 232 investigation of steel products, and defended Korean auto producers in the US Section 232 investigation of automobiles and parts. Also, David is advising producers of technology products on compliance with US duties on goods from China under Section 301.

David has advised government, trade association, and corporate clients on the negotiation and operation of free trade agreements, beginning with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and extending through the recent US-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (USMCA) and US-Japan Free Trade Agreement. His work has related to issues such as rules of origin on manufactured goods, sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) rules, technical barriers to trade (TBT), trade remedy proceedings, and dispute resolution.

David has represented clients in antidumping duty (ADD), countervailing duty (CVD) and safeguard investigations, in many countries, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the European Union, Türkiye, Korea, China, and Australia. In many cases, colleagues from the Firm's local offices have participated in the representation.

Clients have benefited from his advocacy in appeals before various tribunals, including the World Trade Organization (WTO), Binational Panels formed under Chapter 19 of the NAFTA, and before the US Court of International Trade and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.