Company: APTV
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001521332-25-000051
Chunk: 243

Company: Aptiv PLC
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
Chunk 243
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 footprint enables us to efficiently manufacture in and supply from best cost countries at scale. Our regional teams allow us to stay connected to local market requirements and more closely partner with our customers during all phases of the development process, from design through production, while maintaining focus on increasing efficiency and lowering costs. Increasing manufacturing automation, footprint rotation to best cost countries, and other operational initiatives have supported our commitment to continuous improvement, leveraging scale and enhancing efficiency to improve our margins. 

Our operations are subject to certain risks inherent in doing business globally, including military conflicts in regions in which we operate, changes in laws or regulations governing labor, trade, or other monetary or tax fiscal policy changes, including the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (the “OECD”) Pillar Two Framework (the “Framework”), tariffs, quotas, customs and other import or export restrictions or trade barriers. 

Existing free trade laws and regulations, such as the USMCA, 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, taxes or non-tariff barriers 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, beginning on April 2, 2025, the U.S. government announced tariffs of at least 10% across imported goods from all countries, with rates even higher for goods from certain countries with a high trade deficit with the U.S. Subsequent to this announcement, a number of other countries announced tariffs on U.S. goods and have negotiated or continue to negotiate trade agreements with the U.S. 

While the impacts to the Company resulting from these incremental tariffs were not significant during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the future impact of any announced 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, any retaliatory responses to such actions that the target countries may take and any mitigating actions that may become available. In addition, we are continuing to work with our customers and suppliers to mitigate the impact of these incremental tariffs on our results of operations. Despite recent trade negotiations and the potential for trade agreements between the U.S. and the Mexican, Canadian and Chinese governments, given the uncertainty regarding the scope and duration of any new tariffs and any associated retaliatory measures,