Our Results

Why choose us

SSA has produced billions in client savings and set precedents across multiple administrations. Examples include:

Achieved a 30% Section 301 exclusion win rate – roughly fifteen times the national average -with multiple extensions through 2025.
Secured removal or exclusion for 31 of 79 affected product lines for a major consumer-goods company, delivering approximately $150 million in annual savings on its own.
Won Section 232 tariff parity for a U.S. vehicle company, eliminating a built-in disadvantage against Canadian competitors.
Obtained Annex III placement and reciprocal-tariff exemptions for key wood products, protecting U.S. manufacturers from new duties.
Cut permanent duties on protective footwear from 37.5% to 20% through targeted reclassification strategy.
Blocked Section 201 quotas that would have destabilized U.S. yarn spinning and upstream textile supply chains.
Secured USMCA rules-of-origin changes that locked in duty-free treatment for a core plastics product.

We have helped write and re-engineer the programs and agreements that drive modern supply chains.

Designed and advanced the HOPE I, HOPE II, and HELP Acts for Haiti, embedding flexible rules that expanded qualifying production and sustained Western Hemisphere apparel and U.S. cotton and yarn exports.
Drafted the GSP UPDATE Act, the first major GSP expansion in four decades, opening the program to travel goods such as luggage, handbags, backpacks, and sports bags.
Led GSP modernization efforts, including CNL reform and restored eligibility for Indonesian lauan plywood.
Secured PNTR for Laos and Cambodia and helped secure the first QIZ designations in Egypt and Jordan, catalyzing new investment and export growth.
Created new HTS classifications for “recreational performance outdoor wear,” generating the trade data needed to support long-term duty-reduction strategies for performance apparel.
Served as primary advisers to a major East Asian government in FTA negotiations with the United States, solving politically sensitive issues in autos, agriculture, and textiles that were ultimately reflected in U.S. implementing legislation.

We move policy, not just comment on it.

Built and led the Ship Safe Coalition, turning de minimis reform from a technical grievance into a bipartisan congressional and executive-branch priority.
Coordinated multinational producers to preserve EU duty-free treatment for targeted sectors during high-risk preference reviews.
Secured expansions and modernizations of U.S. preference programs when they were stalled or at risk of contraction.
Helped preserve MFN/normal trade relations and manage sanctions and enforcement initiatives where blunt measures threatened integrated, law-abiding supply chains.

We use classification, origin, and compliance as offensive tools to secure market access and reduce risk.

Won multiple short-supply approvals for fabrics and yarns under free trade agreements, unlocking more competitive regional sourcing options.
Created new HTS provisions for performance outdoor and other specialized products, providing a durable platform for future duty-reduction efforts.
Secured the release of UFLPA-detained shipments through combined CBP advocacy and targeted congressional engagement.
Achieved removal of a garment sector from the forced-labor TVPRA list — the only removal that year.
Helped design Better Work programs in Cambodia, Jordan, and Haiti, aligning labor-rights objectives with commercially workable compliance systems.
Defended governments in FTA labor disputes and WTO proceedings, protecting continued market access while strengthening labor and compliance frameworks.
Working with Neville Peterson LLP, resolved complex customs and trade-remedy disputes, protecting favorable classifications and minimizing duty and enforcement exposure.