Chandri Navarro

Chandri advises clients on complex customs and trade issues in the United States and numerous countries, before foreign trade and customs agencies, routinely guiding clients through problem identification, risk evaluation and efficient resolution strategies. Chandri's advisory services include tariff classification, customs valuation, country of origin determination and labeling, trade preference programs, free trade agreements and comprehensive trade compliance strategies. She also works closely with clients in developing and enhancing forced labor compliance programs, conducting risk assessments and mock audits, as well as in responding to forced labor enforcement actions, including Requests for Information and detentions.

Drawing from her tenure as a US State Department Security-Cleared Industry Adviser during the NAFTA negotiations, Chandri has experience in assisting companies and both US and foreign trade associations in navigating the intricate policy issues in trade negotiations including the nuances of rules of origin, tariff phase-out schedules and accumulation provisions in trade agreements.

Chandri has advised:

• A global food company in the successful litigation at the Court of International Trade of a tariff classification for a food product that resulted in USMCA/NAFTA qualification and several million dollars in duty savings

• Several of the world's leading pharmaceutical firms during import compliance assessments and prior disclosures to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

• Asocaña, the Colombian Sugar Industry, in negotiations pertaining to the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

• Assisted FEDEARROZ, the Colombian Rice Industry, in navigating the implementation of the US-Colombia FTA and establishing a rice trading enterprise.

• A brewery in Central America during negotiations for the US-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).

• Numerous consumer goods, electronics, food, pharmaceutical and medical device companies in addressing Customs compliance challenges and enforcement actions.

• A global personal care corporation in developing trade compliance frameworks, policies and procedures; submitted disclosures to Customs resulting in zero penalties.

• Assisted global food, pharmaceutical and electronics companies in establishing robust Forced Labor compliance programs.

• Recognized, Chambers USA, International Trade: Customs (2024)
• Recognized, Best Lawyers in America, International Trade and Finance Law (2024, 2025)
• Named American Bar Foundation Fellow

• Customs of International Trade Bar Association Board of Directors – Member, Co-Chair, Environmental, Labor & Human Rights Committee and Former Co-Chair Customs Committee
• Georgetown University International Trade Conference Board Member
• Hispanic National Bar Association - Member
• International Law Section of the American Bar Association - Member
• Phillips Academy-Andover Alumni Society of Washington, DC Member
• Washington International Trade Association - Member
• Women in International Trade - Member