We are now in the age of high-velocity policymaking, where high-impact policy decisions are increasingly being made with compressed consultation cycles and limited visibility into second-order effects.Within weeks of President Trump’s 2025 inauguration, the US announced steep tariffs on a number of countries that are its trading partners, including India and China. What followed was highly unusual as duties were modified, challenged, negotiated and recalibrated, increased and reduced in rapid succession, leaving companies to manage their supply chains with limited visibility and a constantly moving target in policy direction.