New U.S. Tariffs Forcing Shippers To Recalculate Supply Chains On The Fly

2025-04-05 05:45:00 ET

Summary

• The broad and varied tariffs announced this week by the US administration that affect US imports from virtually every country around the globe have sent shippers scrambling.
• Some US-based shippers are racing to beat the April 9 imposition of new tariffs on most goods, while others are holding back products in Asia on the chance the levies will be reduced by US President Donald Trump.
• The Trump tariff plan, which was far more extensive than observers expected, is forcing a wholesale reconsideration of individual supply chains.

The broad and varied tariffs announced this week by the US administration that affect US imports from virtually every country around the globe have sent shippers scrambling, forcing a rethink of supply chain strategy within a market so cloaked in uncertainty that one stakeholder likened it to the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic....

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