Bloomberg Law
June 5, 2018, 11:07 AM UTC

Law Firms Strengthen Trade Practices Amid Policy Gyrations

Elizabeth Olson
Elizabeth Olson
Special Correspondent

Law firms are bolstering trade practices to help clients protect their products, supply chains and markets as Trump administration trade-policy gyrations over China, Europe, and NAFTA rattle global business.

King & Spalding announced it had hired former trade official, Bradford L. Ward, who worked in both the Obama and Trump administrations, as a partner in the firm’s Washington office.

Dechert and Hughes Hubbard & Reed also have added lawyers amid talk of a trade war that could affect a wider section of American manufacturers and the need for businesses to navigate possible new disruptions.

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