Donald Trump’s ‘tariff wall’ takes shape around south-east Asia’s factories

Trump’s decision to slap punitive duties on countries that transshipped Chinese goods will also be a huge opportunity for the supply chain management industry, according to Alex Capri, senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore’s business school.

“The new Trump tariffs will require importers to have reliable traceability practices to spare them from these arbitrary ‘transshipment tariffs’. This will result in a burgeoning services sector around the necessary technologies and verification processes,” he added.

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