Tariffs, China, Force Majeure Clause

Leveraging Your Contracts to Address the Impact of Tariffs

Venable LLP on 4/22/2025

Companies are facing a unique trade market. President Trump has announced various tariffs, including additional tariffs on China, the on-again, off-again tariffs on Canada and Mexico, auto tariffs, steel and aluminum tariffs,...more

Key Takeaways | How Solar Industry Leaders are Addressing and Overcoming the US–China Trade War

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/7/2021

The US-China trade war has caused a significant impact on the solar industry, and that impact is expected to grow. In this webinar, learn how solar industry leaders are handling the effects of the US–China trade war and how...more

Coronavirus Commercial Concerns - Supply Chains and Sources, Insurance, and More

Dentons on 2/21/2020

Over the last few years, some commercial businesses have struggled with Chinese supply chains and vendors under the threat of U.S. tariffs. Now, businesses need to think about and strategize their supply chains and vendor...more

Dear YouDig? The Truth About Tariffs

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC on 8/26/2019

Dear YouDig?, I am majoring in construction management in O-H-I-O. Love this stuff. Help me out though. I am getting mixed signals from my professors and from what I read in various publications and social media, including...more

New Section 301 Tariffs Target Numerous Automotive-Sector Imports: Coping Strategies and Prospects for Product-Specific Relief

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/13/2018

The automotive sector is getting a quick primer on the various ways in which the international trade laws can target automotive imports. In addition to the announcement of a potential Section 232 tariffs or other trade...more

New Section 301 Expanded Tariffs and Exclusions Process Bring Danger and Opportunities for U.S. Importers and Consumers

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/18/2018

Listening to companies that predicted chaos within their supply chains if there were not some kind of exemption process for the Section 301 tariffs, the U.S. Trade representative has announced a process for importers to...more

Trade Wars: Do the Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Create a Force Majeure to Excuse Contract Performance Under North Carolina or South...

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 4/6/2018

The federal government recently implemented new tariffs on steel and aluminum pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Effective March 23, the government imposed a 25 percent tax on steel and a 10 percent...more

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