Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs didn’t just shake global trade—they rewired how businesses think. When costs spiked and trade rules became unpredictable, corporations found themselves scrambling to stay afloat.
Suddenly, age-old supply chains were unreliable. Companies importing from overseas had three choices: raise prices, reroute suppliers, or decode a constantly changing tariff system. It was chaos—and traditional tools couldn’t keep up.
Enter AI.
Smart businesses turned to artificial intelligence to:
Analyze thousands of tariff codes in real time
Simulate supply chain impacts from policy shifts
Flag risky suppliers and suggest faster, cheaper routes
Companies like Salesforce, Kinaxis, and Wipro rolled out advanced AI tools that read 4,000+ page tariff schedules, ran complex simulations, and tracked global trade dynamics—something no human team could do fast enough.
Trump started the tariff war. AI became the weapon to survive it.
But while Big Tech thrived with AI lifelines, small businesses were left in the dust—unable to afford the tools or the clean data needed to keep up.
So, will AI become a ladder for everyone—or a crutch for the already powerful?
The trade war isn’t over. But AI is now the new battlefield.