Moving into Module 2 of the 2026 TCEPro Program, we spotlight the duty-mitigation strategies that will reshape automotive trade decisions in 2025 and beyond.
This module delivers a practical and strategic framework for managing tariff volatility and unlocking duty-recovery opportunities across the automotive supply chain.
Participants will explore:
- Assessing tariff volatility and identifying duty-recovery opportunities across automotive operations
- Adapting drawback programs to shifts in sourcing, production models, and logistics flows
- Shared manufacturing drawback and its application across multi-tier supply chains
- Leveraging reverse logistics for unused and rejected merchandise drawback
- Deploying Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) to defer, reduce, or eliminate duties
- Status elections (PF, NPF, ZR, Domestic) and their implications for automotive production
- FTZ activation, compliance controls, and operational readiness
- Eligibility, classification, and valuation controls as the foundation for defensible claims
- Strategic tariff engineering to optimize both Drawback and FTZ outcomes
- Building integrated data architecture to eliminate fragmentation and support accurate, automated claims
Featuring: Michele Snider
Director of Compliance and Consulting at Buckland Global Trade Services, Michele brings 30+ years of global trade compliance experience. A licensed customs broker and certified specialist, she leads cross-industry compliance initiatives and serves on both the AAEI Board of Governors and the AIAG Customs & Trade Steering Committee.
Enroll today to strengthen your duty-mitigation strategy and equip your team to recover value in an increasingly complex tariff environment.