Company: APTV
Filing Date: 2025-02-07
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001521332-25-000010
Chunk: 49

Company: Aptiv PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-07
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 49
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•unexpected changes in laws, regulations, economic and trade sanctions, trade or monetary or fiscal policy, including interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and changes in the rate of inflation in the U.S. and other countries;

•tariffs, quotas, customs and other import or export restrictions and other trade barriers;

•expropriation and nationalization;

•difficulty of enforcing agreements, collecting receivables and protecting assets through certain non-U.S. legal systems;

•reduced technology, data or intellectual property protections;

•limitations on repatriation of earnings; 

•withholding and other taxes on remittances and other payments by subsidiaries;

•investment restrictions or requirements;

•violence and civil unrest in local countries, including the conflict between Ukraine and Russia and the conflicts in the Middle East; and

•compliance with the requirements of an increasing body of applicable anti-bribery laws, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.K. Bribery Act and similar laws of various other countries.

Additionally, our global operations may also be adversely affected by political events, terrorist events and hostilities, complications due to natural, nuclear or other disasters or the spread of an infectious disease, virus or other widespread illness. For instance, effective January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2025, the government of Mexico implemented country-wide statutory minimum wage increases of 20% and 12%, respectively. Additionally, the government of Mexico has indicated it may implement other labor reforms, such as a bill to shorten the work week from 48 to 40 hours. While management has implemented measures to mitigate the impact of these labor reforms on our cost structure, we cannot predict the ultimate future impact on our business.

Existing free trade laws and regulations, such as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, provide certain beneficial duties and tariffs for qualifying imports and exports, subject to compliance with the applicable classification and other requirements. Changes in laws or policies governing the terms of trade, and in particular increased trade restrictions, tariffs or taxes on imports from countries where we manufacture products, such as China and Mexico, could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial results. For example, in February 2025, the U.S. government imposed or threatened to impose new tariffs on imported products from Mexico, Canada and China. The impact of these tariffs is subject to a number of factors, including the effective date and duration of such tariffs, changes in the amount, scope and nature of the tariffs in the future,