April 1-3 Tariff and Supply Chain Training

Trump Tariffs 2025: Impacts & Options – Three Part Series

Presented by: Thomas Cook

Tom is Managing Director of Blue Tiger International (bluetigerintl.com), an international business consultancy advising on supply chain management, trade compliance, purchasing, trade and disruption management, global business and logistics. 

All webinars will be 1:00 – 2:30 Eastern / 12:00-1:30 Central.  

Tuesday, April 1:  Current State of Trade & Tariffs

Part 1 of our 3-part series provides an up-to-date review of the tariffs under the Trump administration including those that are in effect, likely/pending, and unlikely.  Understand the impacted categories, products, and processes, leading up to tomorrow’s discussion of Tariff Mitigation options. 

Key discussion topics:

• Understanding Tariffs
• Impact on Global Supply Chains
• Landed Cost Modeling
• President Trump’s Utilization of Tariffs
• Global Sourcing & Near Sourcing
• Supplier Management

Wednesday, April 2:  Tariff Mitigation

Now that we understand the full tariff landscape – past, present, and likely future – we are ready to move on to discussing what tariff mitigation options exist.  Day 2 topics include:

• What are our options?
• How to move these options into your purchasing and supply chain business model
• Establishing ROI’s
• Ability to execute your best options
• Developing external support
• Of the list of potential solutions, review the 6 Key Strategies and Top 6 Recommendations

Thursday, April 3:  Trade Compliance Management

In our new world of rapidly changing trade law, it is of paramount importance to stay abreast of trade compliance regulations.  Now more than ever, ignorance of the law is not an excuse and the consequences of noncompliance include delays, fines and import disruptions.

Topics covered in today’s wrap-up webinar include:

• Knowing the origin of your imported goods and declaring them responsibly to CBP
• Exercising due diligence and reasonable care in your import Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) prevents violations and assures continuity in your supply chain.
• Regular audits and reviews to assist in ensuring compliance with import regulations. 
• Prudent trade compliance management dictates regular reviews of all aspects of importing, such as but not limited to:
  • Valuation
  • Origin
  • Documentation
  • Packing, marking & labeling
  • Forced Labor Assessments 
  • Assists
  • Record Keeping
  • HTS