Two recent settlements involving imports from the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) illustrate the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) commitment to rapidly stepping up enforcement against tariff evasion and customs fraud through the False Claims Act (“FCA”). As we covered here, tariffs have been central to the administration’s trade strategy, and DOJ’s growing use of the FCA as an enforcement tool in this space is expected to drive a significant rise in both whistleblower allegations and recoveries.

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