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2026 opens with something logistics doesn’t get often: a pause.

In this episode of Holding the Line: Logistics at a Crossroads, Gia breaks down the administration’s decision to delay planned tariff hikes on imported furniture, kitchen cabinets, and vanities—pushing potential increases from 25% up to 50% out to January 1, 2027.

Drawing on reporting from Bloomberg and CNN, this conversation looks beyond the headlines to ask what a tariff delay really means on the ground. Is this breathing room—or just pressure postponed?

More importantly, what does this pause mean for the people holding the system together: warehouse teams, dock crews, planners, operators, and drivers who absorbed the weight of 2025 without relief?

This episode isn’t about predictions.
 It’s about signals.
 And what it takes to survive when systems finally slow—if only for a moment.

Because in logistics, breathing room isn’t a luxury.
 It’s survival.

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