Global Trade

Importers don’t need more information—they need less noise

Thursday, April 16, 2026 · Brad McDougle
U.S. importers are overwhelmed by supply chain data and trade signals, but the real challenge is not access to information, it’s assigning clear ownership to interpret risk, prioritize action, and respond in time.

AI is creating new market access barriers to trade

Friday, April 3, 2026 · Dravida Seetharam and Sarah Lahti
Artificial intelligence is accelerating global trade while simultaneously creating new market access barriers driven by infrastructure gaps, regulatory fragmentation, and unequal digital capabilities.

Trade wars won’t break supply chains. But the consumer impact will trouble brands

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 · Kevin O’Marah, co-founder, Zero100
Global trade wars and geopolitical tensions in 2026 are not breaking modern supply chains, but the rising cost of resilience is increasingly being passed on to consumers, creating price pressure, brand risk, and trust challenges.

What’s happening In China?

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 · Rosemary Coates
Despite escalating U.S.–China tariffs and trade sanctions, China’s economy is expanding, global market diversification is accelerating, and rare earth dominance remains a strategic pressure point for American supply chains.

Is your trade compliance team organized for battle?

Friday, January 23, 2026 · Rosemary Coates
Trade compliance has shifted from a back-office function to a strategic, legally exposed leadership role as tariffs, sanctions, and aggressive enforcement reshape how companies source, sell, and defend global trade decisions.

Toys for the holidays are a bellwether

Monday, December 22, 2025 · Rosemary Coates
Rising tariffs on toy imports in 2025 have pushed prices up as much as 30% and as a result, the toy industry appears to be a bellwether in moving production, with Mexico among the leading locations.

Beyond reshoring: Nearshoring to Mexico

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 · Rosemary Coates
Nearshoring to Mexico is accelerating as manufacturers seek cost savings, proximity, and supply chain stability that reshoring to the U.S. has not delivered.

Tariffs as strategy: How to rethink import/export

Monday, November 3, 2025 · Brian Straight
In an era of shifting tariffs and trade uncertainty, companies must rethink import/export strategies around diversification, flexibility, and resilience to maintain competitiveness and reduce risk.

Tariffs are here to stay

Monday, November 3, 2025 · Brian Straight
For decades, business leaders largely assumed that globalization and free trade would steadily reduce barriers. Tariffs were seen as temporary political tools, usually negotiated away over time. That assumption is gone.

Taming the tariff trap: Four strategies to reduce supply chain cost

Friday, September 26, 2025 · Om Prakash
Tariff volatility is reshaping global supply chains. A four-lever framework—spanning engineering, compliance, sourcing, and commercial strategy—can reduce tariff impacts by up to 80% while strengthening resilience.

Building resilient supply chains: How AI, automation, and emerging technologies are shaping the future of global trade

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 · Morten Johansen, COO, DP World Americas
AI, automation, and emerging technologies are transforming supply chains into resilient, intelligent networks capable of navigating today’s volatility and tomorrow’s disruption.

Mapping the impact of geographic differences on global supply chain practices

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 · Inma Borrella, Leonard Morrison, Maria Jesus Saenz, and Eva Ponce
Global trends such as nearshoring and increasing geopolitical risks underscore the importance of companies in understanding the national and regional differences of the regions in which their supply chain partners operate.

Strategies for supply chain derisking amid global uncertainty

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 · Gartner Supply Chain
CSCOs are rethinking global supply chain strategies—exploring divesting, decoupling, diversifying, and doubling down—to derisk operations amid growing geopolitical, regulatory, and financial uncertainty.

Two computer manufacturers needed different fixes. Here’s what they did

Monday, July 14, 2025 · Steve Knepp and Brian Genijian
Without spending additional capital, Apple and Gateway 2000 revamped their international logistics and financial processes to improve forecasting, accelerate deliveries, and strengthen the bottom line.

6 Questions With … Plante Moran’s Lou Longo

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 · SCMR Staff
Supply Chain Management Review spoke with Lou Longo, partner and leader of Plante Moran’s international consulting practice, on how to safeguard margins in a high-tariff economy in this 6 Questions With … feature.
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