Global Trade Management
Helping organizations navigate uncertainty and uncover opportunity across the global trade landscape.
Trade decisions have become business decisions
Organizations operating across international markets face a growing number of interconnected trade considerations. Changes in trade policy, customs requirements, sourcing strategies, and supply chain operations can affect costs, compliance, and business performance. Understanding those impacts is essential to making informed business decisions.
Our core solutions
Trade challenges require more than a single solution. Our integrated approach helps organizations reduce risk, recover costs, and improve performance across the global trade landscape.
Customs advisory and compliance
Strengthen compliance, reduce duty costs, and protect your supply chain.
Customs requirements continue to evolve as organizations face increased scrutiny, changing regulations, and growing pressure to manage costs.
Our team helps clients improve compliance, optimize customs strategies, and identify opportunities to enhance trade performance. Our solutions include:
- Duty minimization
- Classification and origin
- Customs valuation
- Compliance programs
- Audit support
- Customs compliance assessments
- Training and education
- FTZ and bonded warehouse advisory
- And more
Tariff refund and recovery services
Recover overpaid duties and uncover opportunities hidden within your trade data.
Many organizations may be eligible for duty and tariff recovery opportunities but lack the resources, data visibility, or technical expertise to pursue them.
Our team helps clients evaluate eligibility, validate supporting data, and navigate the recovery process. Our solutions include:
- IEEPA tariff refunds
- CAPE portal support
- Duty drawback
- Protest filings
- Post-entry corrections
- Recovery assessments
- And more
Supply chain consulting
Organizations are reevaluating sourcing alternatives, manufacturing footprints, and distribution strategies to improve resilience, reduce costs, and support growth.
Our supply chain consulting professionals help clients model scenarios, evaluate alternatives, and develop practical strategies that improve performance, reduce risk, and support long-term business objectives. Our solutions include:
Assess your network
- Network strategy and assessments
- Network design and optimization
- Site selection and market strategy
- Distribution network planning
Optimize operations
- Inventory strategy
- Transportation and logistics strategy
- Demand and capacity planning
- Working capital optimization
Prepare for what's next
- Nearshoring and reshoring assessments
- Supply chain risk management
- Transfer pricing coordination
- Scenario modeling and business case development
And more
How we work with you
Trade challenges rarely fit into a single solution. Our four-phase approach helps organizations understand their exposure, evaluate options, implement solutions, and build lasting advantage.
Understand
Map your full trade exposure — where costs are hiding, where risks are building, and where opportunities exist.
Evaluate
Model alternatives and scenario-test sourcing shifts, classification strategies, and refund opportunities.
Execute
Implement with precision. From compliance programs and duty recovery filings to network redesign, we help turn strategy into action.
Sustain
Build long-term resilience through governance, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
Connected capabilities
Trade decisions often have implications beyond customs and supply chains.
When needed, our global trade professionals collaborate with specialists across Baker Tilly to help clients address the tax, financial, operational, and strategic considerations that can accompany trade-related decisions.
Valuation & Corporate Finance Advisory
The ever-changing needs of middle-market businesses require a specialized team of advisors to help you identify and evaluate strategic and financial opportunities as they arise.
Tax
Contributing to clients’ success by accelerating tax deductions, increasing tax credits, reducing cash taxes and mitigating risks
Transfer Pricing
Drawing from our extensive transfer pricing experience, we work closely with our clients to ensure they meet their ongoing international tax and transfer pricing needs.
Nearshoring Services
Helping organizations attain regional and international market traction and evaluate footprint changes, through sourcing strategies, alternative location analysis (nearshoring), mergers and acquisitions and regulatory compliance achieving turnkey growth strategy formulation and execution.
Credits & Incentives
Baker Tilly can help your business apply and qualify for the tax credits and incentives to which it’s entitled.
Development Advisory
Guiding clients through development projects from conception to completion.
Site Selection & Location Strategy
From initial business planning to final site selection and incentive procurement, we guide companies through every stage of the decision-making process — helping them determine where and how to invest in real estate, workforce and related assets to ensure long-term operational success.
Data Analytics
Capturing, understanding and leveraging the data that matters most and bringing it into focus is no trivial matter. Rely on our experience to drive your business forward.
Transaction Advisory Services
Baker Tilly’s transaction advisory services team provides straightforward advice to clients on every critical business decision before, during and after a transaction.
International Tax
Baker Tilly’s international tax consultants understand global business needs and the importance of how domestic and overseas tax systems intersect. We effectively help manage your worldwide tax affairs.
Stay informed
Trade policy and tariff update
Join our weekly webinar series for timely updates on tariffs, customs developments, supply chain trends, and emerging trade opportunities.
Insights shaping today's trade environment
Stay informed on the latest developments affecting global trade, customs compliance, and supply chain strategy. Explore timely perspectives and practical guidance from our team.
Our professionals
Our global trade professionals help organizations navigate complex trade challenges, identify opportunities, and make informed business decisions.
