John Foote

Practice Areas

JOHN FOOTE focuses his practice on U.S. international trade law and policy. He counsels companies facing complex tariff and trade compliance challenges associated with importing goods into the United States. John helps businesses navigate high-stakes enforcement actions, design practical compliance solutions, and resolve disputes with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). John has guided many clients through trade enforcement proceedings before CBP including civil penalty proceedings, customs audits, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) detentions, forced labor trade enforcement, and Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) investigations. He has also represented companies in litigation before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Drawing on years of experience leading a customs practice, John counsels clients on tariff compliance and mitigation, and forced labor supply chain compliance. He advises on tariff classification, valuation, country of origin determinations, preferential trade arrangements, tariff exclusions, duty drawback, supply chain due diligence, and other strategies to reduce trade costs and minimize trade disruption. John also writes extensively about U.S. international trade law and policy, including the use of trade laws to combat forced labor in global supply chains.