Join us for an exclusive fireside chat as SupplyChainBrain Editor-in-Chief Bob Bowman sits down with leading Gartner expert Fareen Mehrzai to explore the rapidly evolving world of procurement. In this timely conversation, Fareen will share insights from her acclaimed session at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium, delving into how artificial intelligence is reshaping procurement roles, processes, and strategies.

The company said the assembly would take place at the same site where it last year began producing servers for use in AI data centers.

Whirlpool opened a new manufacturing facility in Mexico in August 2025, and union officials and workers say their manufacturing work and jobs have been moved there.

The uplift to 15%, announced by Trump one day later after the 10% rate, has yet to be implemented, but could be introduced at any time.

Although there are clear precedents, the current plan has some unusual factors.

“We have tariffs,” President Trump said. “We just have them in a different way.”

Among the major questions left unanswered for U.S. importers are how they recoup the money the government collected over the past year.

Japan's trade minister said last year that only 1-2% of the $550 billion mechanism would consist of cash investments, with the majority coming from loans and loan guarantees.

Eric Rimkeit, director of marketing with Supplyframe, discusses the impact that the wave of new AI data centers is having on makers of high-tech consumer products.

European Council president António Costa said sectors such as defense, space, clean tech, quantum, artificial intelligence and payment systems required protection.