These webinar notes are based on an April 26th webinar presented by Resilinc and Hogan Lovells and hosted by Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine. Here is the link to the on demand registration page.

As I mentioned in my weekly webinar recommendations post, I trusted S&DCE as the host of this event because I’ve seen them cover equally ‘hot button’ topics with balance and a high degree of professionalism in the past. This event was no different – in fact, Resilinc CEO & Founder Bindiya Vakil opened the webinar by making the comment that the topic would be handled as a business issue – not a political one.

That said, dealing with tariffs is highly complex, and as Hogan Lovells’ Robert Kyle said, shifting supply chain conditions should be considered the new normal.

The focus of this webinar was the trade imbalance between the U.S. and China, $135bn in exports from the U.S. to China and $482 bn in the opposite direction. For an interesting visualization of U.S. Trade Balances, visit MIT’s Observatory of Economic Complexity (cited during the webinar). 

My primary take aways are as follows: