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Tariffs and Your Contracts: Why do termination rights matter?

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In addition to reviewing your commercial contracts for how new or increased tariff costs are allocated, another key area to evaluate is whether either party has the right to terminate the contract. If one party gets upside...more

Snell & Wilmer

Rebuilding in the Age of 50% Tariffs on Steel

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Rebuilding often requires a retrospective examination. In the case of rebuilding homes and businesses after a natural catastrophe, such as Hurricane Katrina or the 2025 LA fires, that retrospective examination includes...more

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Legal Services in a Rapidly Changing World

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Are you searching for a reliable partner to provide legal services in a rapidly changing world? How will legal decisions impact other aspects of your company, including operations, accounting, existing business...more

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Tariffs and Your Contracts: Why does the "importer of record" provision matter?

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To ascertain which party in a commercial contract is responsible for tariffs, it is important to check whether the contract specifies the importer of record....more

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MVA Supply Chain Brief: Tariff-Related Contract Topics

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Delivery terms aren’t just legal fine print—they are strategic terms that can drastically shift the costs and obligations between the parties to a contract, especially when tariffs are involved. This installment of MVA’s...more

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Tariffs and Your Contracts: Why do delivery terms matter?

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In light of a trade landscape rife with tariffs, companies are examining their commercial contracts to judge the exposure to increased costs of production. One area of a supply contract that cannot be overlooked when...more

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Tariffs and Your Contracts: Why do pricing and tax provisions matter?

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President Trump’s shakeup of U.S. trade policy with its approach to tariffs is costing companies billions of dollars. In fact, in June of this year, importers paid the U.S. government customs duties (of which tariffs are a...more

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How AI-Powered Contract Analysis Can Help Navigate Tariff Turbulence

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In an era of unpredictable trade regulations, rising tariffs, and shifting economic alliances, contract management has become a critical line of defense. It’s no longer just about what’s negotiated—it’s about how fast you can...more

A&O Shearman

From calm to chaos - What tariffs and other trade restrictions mean for your supply chain contracts

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The looming expiration of the “Liberation Day” tariff suspension on August 1, 2025 marks a watershed for global trade and supply chain management. The U.S. administration’s imposition of sweeping tariffs first announced on...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Drafting Smarter: Force Majeure and Price Escalation Clauses in a Tariff-Heavy Era

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In light of recent disputes, international construction firms are rethinking how they draft force majeure and price escalation provisions to better address tariff-induced cost increases. While traditional force majeure...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

The Tariff Matrix Reloaded

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In April 2025, our International Business Law and Administrative, Regulatory and Government Law practice groups wrote about Which Trade Pill to Swallow: The Red Pill or Blue Pill? In the past few months, several more tariff...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Israel Blacklists Foreign Company Over Breach of Reciprocal Procurement Obligations

The Industrial Cooperation Authority at Israel’s Ministry of Economy recently announced that it had blacklisted the Chinese company DAQO, which won a tender for the supply of components to the Israel Electric Corporation,...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

ISDA launches ISDA Notices Hub and Protocol

On July 16, 2025, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) announced the launch of its new product, the ISDA Notices Hub. The Notices Hub is an online platform designed to provide market participants with a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Incoterms 101: The Basics of International Trade

Fluency in Incoterms® is helpful for any contractor or materials supplier engaged in international trade. Most recent articles discussing construction and international trade emphasize how tariffs can increase construction...more

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Hague Judgments Convention 2019 in force for the UK from July 1—key points for commercial parties

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The 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (the Judgments Convention) is in force for the UK from July 1, 2025....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Navigating the Impact of the Trump Tariffs on Commercial Contracts

The evolving U.S. tariff regime under President Donald Trump has had and likely will continue to have profoundly impacts on commercial contracts. Commercial actors are evaluating their contractual commitments to determine the...more

Nossaman LLP

Tariffs and Their Impacts on the Life Cycle of Construction Contracts

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In light of recent Executive Orders issued by President Trump concerning tariffs, countries around the world—including the United States—have been forced to reassess existing trade and contractual frameworks. The construction...more

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INCOTERMS - More Relevant to Procurement and Sales Than Ever Before

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The INCOTERMS published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) have long served the international community by offering a “shorthand” for communicating key shipping terms. The ICC most recently issued the 2020 version...more

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Construction Industry Participants Beware: CISG and CISOP and Their Impact on Overseas Procurement

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It is common for construction industry participants to source various machinery, materials or components from overseas for construction projects in Hong Kong, or to have part of the construction and fabrication or assembly...more

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Tariffs and Commercial Contracts: When Is Nonperformance Excused, and When Is It a Breach?

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In recent weeks, the Trump Administration has imposed sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners, based on the country from which the goods are exported and the type of goods imported. For parties to commercial contracts for...more

K&L Gates LLP

Tariffs & Supply Chains: An English Law Perspective on Contractual Levers You May Have (or Want)

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These are challenging times for supply chains. In recent months, the US government has announced, reversed, delayed, adjusted, and enacted a series of tariffs on imports to the United States from a long list of countries;...more

Gray Reed

Incoterms Explained: A Deep Dive into Delivery Duty Paid (DDP)

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In my most recent post to the Texas Construction Law Blog, I discussed the correlation between Incoterms and tariffs. As a refresher, Incoterms, short for International Commercial Terms, are a set of standardized trade terms...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

MVA Supply Chain Brief: What Terms Govern?

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In this second installment of MVA’s Supply Chain series on tariffs, we examine a fundamental question in the determination of which party to a contract is responsible for paying tariffs on goods imported into the United...more

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Understanding Incoterms and Tariffs: A Guide for International Trade

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International trade is a complex web of regulations, agreements and logistics. For those whose businesses rely upon international trade two things are certain, (1) tariffs will impact your supply chain and operational costs...more

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

Sixteen Quick Tips for U.S. Market Entry through Distributorships and Agents

When entering the U.S. market, it is important that a company picks a method best suited to its culture, product, and demographic. The most common entry points are to join with a U.S. party that will be a distributor, agent,...more

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