Trump's Tariffs Trigger AI Price Wars and Supply Chain Gymnastics
In the saga of "Trump vs. The 90+ Countries," 2025 witnessed tariff chaos rated from 15% with the EU, South Korea, and Japan to a spicy 50% with India and Brazil. Surgical supplies startup Solventum, freshly divorced from 3M, tackled this Tariff Armageddon with Arkestro's AI perks: machine learning, game theory, and human behavior analysis got them double-digit savings on chemicals and parts. Meanwhile, Wisconsin's pipe wizard JR Metal Works used Xometry's AI to dodge material cost spikes tied to tariff yo-yos. The Light Phone’s 2025 phone launch got ghosted by tariffs until AI-driven international shipping hacks with Mayple cut costs by 20%. Basically, AI's the new sheriff in the tariff Wild West.
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Trump's tariffs turned global supply chains into Thunderdome arenas where AI is now hired as the new price negotiator because apparently, humans can't outsmart 50% import taxes or figure out where their goods really come from.
When your supply chain drama looks like a thriller, but AI steps in wearing a cape reading 'Vendor Whisperer 3000'—because negotiating prices over a 50% tariff hike beats crying in spreadsheets.
Why hire a human when AI can play detective, psychologist, and magician simultaneously to dodge tariffs? Solventum and The Light Phone basically hired Iron Man’s brains to deal with Trump’s tax tantrums.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/18/2025 | Author: John Kell
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