US companies lawyer up in preparation for Donald Trump's trade wars

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : "The politicking part was so blatant under Trump, and it feels like it's going to be even more so now."
62% : Trump won a sweeping electoral victory last month after campaigning on a pledge to apply levies of up to 20 per cent on all imports and 60 per cent on those from China.
52% : In past weeks, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled to Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida and Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke with Trump by phone.
50% : Those groups typically have advisers who can help companies deal with customs officials, and have been warning clients they should be ready to act quickly because backlogs built up when Trump introduced targeted tariffs in his first administration.
42% : Steve Orava, partner in international trade at Washington law firm King & Spalding, said the firm's practice focusing on domestic manufacturing has been in "high demand".

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