Supply Chain Agreements 2025: Manufacturing and Market Disruption

Global supply chains are under unprecedented pressure due to trade wars, fluctuating tariffs, and economic volatility. For legal advisors to manufacturing companies, mitigating risk and ensuring contract resilience is more critical than ever. In fact, recent international trade developments show that companies can no longer assume that they can count on stable and low tariffs, even when trading with countries with free trade agreements, like the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Expecting, planning for, and mitigating against risks will be critical focal points for successful manufacturers. Attorneys practicing in the space must not only understand their own clients’ business models, but we must also grasp how shifting market forces determine the necessity of certain provisions and the contracting parties’ respective abilities to perform. 

This essential program, led by Vanessa L. Miller of Foley & Lardner, will provide practical guidance and valuable instruction on the most pressing and difficult issues facing parties to supply chain agreements as well as stakeholders in enterprises being impacted by breaches and terminations of these agreements

After completing this program, participants will be able to:

• Gain key insights into structuring contracts for agility
• Assess the impact of uncertain tariff changes
• Adapt import agreements to manage risks and costs
• Manage pricing volatility in supply chain agreements
• Effectively manage supply chain disputes to minimize disruption
• Maximize control of the supply chain’s technical baseline

In-house attorneys, and litigation and transaction attorneys advising on manufacturing, supply, and distribution contracts as well as market analysts in these sectors would benefit from this course.

Program Level: Overview

Prerequisites: A foundation in supply and distribution contracts would be beneficial.

Advanced Preparation: None