Creation of the Cross-Agency Trade Fraud Task Force and the Future of Tariffs Enforcement

By Alexander Chinoy, Mona Patel, Jay Smith, Ariel Rosenbaum, Michael Pierce, Emilie (“Binx”) Saunders, Julia Shults & Pearson Goodman on September 12, 2025

Posted in Government Contracts, International Trade, Trade Controls, White Collar

On August 29, 2025 the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the launch of a cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force (“TFTF”), a partnership between DOJ’s Civil and Criminal Divisions, as well as the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”). On the same day, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit…