What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … The Global and Reciprocal Tariffs Announcement
On April 2, 2025, President Trump implemented the steepest American tariffs in over a century.
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The Trump administration has implemented a wide array of new tariffs, including special tariffs aimed at individual countries (Canada, Mexico, and China); tariffs aimed at individual products (aluminum, steel, and automotive); new 10% global tariffs; and new reciprocal tariffs that are as high as 49%. With the United States moving into a high-tariff, high-penalty environment, importers have never faced higher risks of Customs penalties or detentions.
To help importers cope with these changes, the Foley International Trade Team, in cooperation with the Supply Chain Team, has put together focused, practical resources to help companies manage the international trade turbulence. This Tariff & International Trade Resource page is designed to provide the resources and tools that importers need to understand, risk plan, and manage tariff and international trade risks as well as compliance risks arising from the aggressive enforcement of U.S. law extraterritorially.
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What Every Multinational Company Needs to Know About … Criminal Enforcement of Trade, Import, and Tariff Rules: A Growing Risk for Businesses
In less than 100 days, the Trump administration has implemented a dizzying array of new tariffs, significantly increasing costs and complexity for U.S. importers.
What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … The Current Trump Tariff Proposals
Although we are only two months into the new administration, we have seen a dizzying array of new tariffs that have been proposed, imposed, revoked, suspended, and sometimes reimposed.
What Every Multinational Company (Doing Business in Mexico) Should Know About … Mitigating Risks From ATA Scrutiny in a New Enforcement Regime
Mexican cartels dominate large swaths of the Mexico-United States border and the Bajío region (an area encompassing relevant parts of Queretaro, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí, Jalisco, and Michoacán), and they control significant economic segments/activities in these territories. These are the same areas in which multinational companies maintain significant manufacturing operations.
What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … The Rising Risk of Customs False Claims Act Actions in the Trump Administration
On February 20, 2025, the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Commercial Litigation Branch at the U.S. Department of Justice, Michael Granston, emphasized using the False Claims Act to address U.S. Customs & Border Protection violations at the Federal Bar Association’s annual qui tam conference.
What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … The New Steel and Aluminum Tariffs (Part II)
As reported in our prior article, “What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … The New Steel and Aluminum Tariffs (Part I),” President Trump signed two proclamations on February 10, 2025, imposing 25-percent tariffs on aluminum and steel.
What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … The New Steel and Aluminum Tariffs (Part I)
On February 10, 2025, President Trump signed proclamations titled Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States and Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States. The proclamations cover both steel and aluminum tariffs, which will be raised to a flat 25%.
Business Impacts of Trump’s Executive Order Pausing FCPA Enforcement
On February 10 President Trump issued an Executive Order, Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security, signaling a shift in U.S. enforcement priorities regarding foreign bribery.
What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … Managing Import Risks Under the New Trump Administration (Part III): A 12-Step Plan for Coping with Tariff and Supply Chain Uncertainties
With potential tariff increases and USMCA renegotiations on the horizon, and with Customs already devoting considerable resources to blocking goods at the border that are the product of forced labor or human trafficking or that violate the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, we have put together a 12-step guide to preparing for and adapting to the rapidly shifting importing environment.
