Global Trade Management
Helping businesses navigate the complexities of international trade, now and into the future.
Global Trade Management
Operating in a global economy has never been more complex.
Policy shifts, tariffs, supply chain disruptions and increasing domestic content requirements demand a strategic and integrated approach. Whether you're a middle-market manufacturer expanding abroad or an international company entering the U.S., our team can help optimize operations and protect your growth plans.
How we help
Global trade management reshapes business operations by monitoring trade policy changes, modeling scenarios and strengthening cross-border decision making. Our professionals help address immediate challenges while providing visibility into long-term improvements that minimize tariff exposure and reduce financial and operational risk.
Customs advisory and compliance
Strengthen compliance, minimize duty costs and protect your supply chain.
Our team helps companies identify opportunities to reduce duties, recover overpayments and proactively prepare for customs inquiries. With decades of experience across import and export compliance, we help clients respond to tariff changes while avoiding costly penalties.
Our solutions include:
- Duty minimization studies
- Duty drawbacks, protests and refunds
- First sale for export
- HTS classification and origin support
- Customs valuation
- Audit defense
- Trade compliance program development and implementation
- Trade compliance business case development
- Global supply chain studies
- Temporary importations
- Free trade zone and bonded warehouse activations
- Training
Transfer pricing
Smarter intercompany pricing to reduce duty exposure while complying with global regulatory requirements.
Transfer pricing continues to be a critical focus for multinational organizations. Our integrated approach bridges tax and customs considerations, aligning pricing strategies to improve compliance, reduce duty costs and support operational efficiency.
We work with clients across the globe, providing:
- Scenario analysis and planning
- Alignment of customs and transfer pricing structures
- Operational transfer pricing to reflect changes to supply chains
- U.S. and foreign transfer pricing documentation and compliance
Strategic tax
Aligning tax strategies with your global operations.
We help companies understand the tax implications of global moves while staying compliant with evolving domestic and international requirements. Our team supports ongoing tax management and helps structure operations to strengthen long-term financial performance.
Our global tax approach:
- Tax impact and modeling
- Legal entity structuring
- Foreign tax forms and returns
- U.S. tax forms and returns
- VAT advisory and compliance
- Comprehensive tax compliance services
Corporate finance advisory
Data-driven financial decision support for global trade management.
To make informed trade and supply chain decisions, organizations need clarity in financial modeling, capital planning and operational performance. Our team provides ongoing review, insights and recommendations to improve cash flow, planning and long-term value.
How we support financial decision making:
- Financial modeling and project analysis
- Capital structure and strategic planning
- Cash flow and working capital management
- Sales and property tax
- Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
- Reporting and analytics
- Incentives and credits advisory
Network design
A design-driven approach to achieving supply chain performance.
Organizations increasingly rely on supply chain design to uncover savings, streamline operations and support expansion. Our team helps you view your supply chain as a strategic system, not a day-to-day challenge, enabling targeted improvements and greater resilience.
Network design capabilities:
- Site and market strategy
- Economic and impact analysis
- Demand planning and management
- Inventory policies and standards
- Workforce and capacity development
- Foreign site selection
- Route optimization
- Supply planning and management
- Capacity planning and optimization
How “domestic” are your products?
Model your sourcing and trade exposureDomestic sourcing has become a higher priority as companies respond to shifting trade policy, tariff exposure and supply chain risk. Where products are made now directly affects cost structure, compliance and access to key markets.
Our global trade management services help organizations model domestic, nearshore and global sourcing scenarios to understand trade-offs across tariffs, compliance and financial performance. This analysis supports informed decisions as operating models evolve.
The increased use of domestic content requirements in federal programs such as Build America Buy America and the Inflation Reduction Act reinforces this shift. Baker Tilly helps companies align trade strategy to meet domestic thresholds while reducing risk and improving profitability.
