Learn how businesses can store and even process goods without incurring immediate tariff obligations.

The effective US tariff rate soared to 17% in 2025. What options are available to businesses that need to import goods but want to mitigate tariff burdens?

Join Alex Heil and guest Erin McLaughlin, senior economist at The Conference Board in the Economy, Strategy & Finance (ESF) Center, to find out what foreign trade zones and bonded warehouses are, how they differ from each other, and how businesses can use them wisely in this uncertain tariff environment.

For more from The Conference Board:

• Supply Chain Strategies for Tariffs: Foreign Trade Zones, Bonded Warehouses

• Tariff Tracker

• For Manufacturers, This Old Solution May Ease Today's Tariff Troubles