Opinion: Barnes & Thornburg partners Luis Arandia, Jr. and Clinton Yu say the Trump administration's rush to overhaul tariffs forces businesses to take extra care before closing mergers and acquisitions deals.

The Trump administration’s tariffs on US imports and the impacted countries’ retaliatory actions have major implications for companies and their commercial transactions. Counsel should understand the resulting contract issues and the potential use of contract clauses or other avenues that may provide relief for affected companies.

Firms throughout the world use the dollar for international transactions ... “For example, maybe the U.S. wants to discriminate based on: Does the nation apply similar tariff rates to its ...