Jason Sun

Introduction

Jason Sun is a senior partner of Beijing Dacheng Law Offices and is a PhD student at Tsinghua University Law School. He also serves as: an expert of the ICC International Trade and State Aid Working Group; deputy director of the International Trade Law Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association; the MOFCOM’s legal counsel advising on trade remedy matters; legal expert of the China Going Global Thinktank; expert of the China Going Global Thinktank’s Import and Export Compliance Committee; and a member of Expert Database of Wuxi International Commercial Dispute Settlement and Intellectual Property Service Centre.

Sun is an esteemed international trade law practitioner who is highly recognised by international attorney rating agencies such as Chambers, The Legal 500, The Best Lawyer, Legalband, and China Business Law Journal.

Sun previously served as director of the Department of Information at the Beijing WTO Centre with responsibility for analysing Uruguay Round legal documents. Since 2008, he has focused his practice on international trade law, and he is one of the most experienced lawyers representing the government of China in CVD investigations against China.

Sun represents the China Chamber of International Commerce and the China Shipowners’ Association in responding to the two separate section 301 investigations against China’s acts, policies and practices (i.e., the section 301 investigation related to technology transfer, intellectual property and innovation, which initially took place in 2017; and the section 301 investigation related to the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors, which initially took place in 2024).

With his work in the processes of the section 301 investigation (including its investigation, tariff action, exemption, exclusion and extension), Sun is one of the most experienced lawyers in China in handling the US section 301 investigation. As a currently enrolled doctoral candidate at Tsinghua University Law School specialising in international law, Sun provides legal advice to clients on international trade, trade remedy investigations, customs affairs, competition and cross-border investment.