Five Practical & Effective Ways To Mitigate Tariff Impacts

Highlights of Talking Logistics episode with Jackson Wood (Descartes) on five practical and effective ways to mitigate tariff impacts.

May 29, 2025

Editor’s Note: Yesterday (May 28, 2025), as reported by the Wall Street Journal, “the New York-based Court of International Trade ruled that [President Trump] overstepped his authority in invoking powers granted to the executive in an economic emergency to impose sweeping tariffs on all U.S. trade partners April 2.” The Trump administration will likely appeal the ruling, which may ultimately reach the Supreme Court. This is yet another example of the ongoing changes and uncertainty companies face with tariffs and trade regulations. The episode highlighted in today’s post was recorded earlier this month, before this latest development.

2025 has been a roller coaster for supply chain and global trade executives. It’s not just that new tariffs have been implemented on U.S. imports from virtually every country in the world, it’s that these tariffs keep changing, sometimes within days. This back-and-forth change is adding risk and complexity to what has always been a risky and complex business process. So, the question many supply chain executives are asking today is, “How can we navigate this global trade environment to mitigate the impact of tariffs?” That is the main question I asked Jackson Wood, Director of Industry Strategy, Global Trade Intelligence at Descartes Systems Group on a recent episode of Talking Logistics.

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