Chandra flags supply chain issues amid tariff headwinds

Reciprocal tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump across countries are likely to be negotiated bilaterally and supply chain models of companies will change over the next few years, N Chandrasekaran, chairman of the Tata group, said on Tuesday.

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Speaking at the Rakesh Jhunjhunwala memorial lecture, Chandrasekaran said everyone will have to wait and watch how it plays out. "I think the problem is not the tariffs; the problem is the reversal of a model that we've gotten used to for six-seven decades. It's a model change. If the whole world had operated with tariffs between countries all the time, then the whole supply chain would not have gotten globally integrated," he said, adding that the problem is the global supply chain has got integrated.