Experts Discuss Critical Trade Challenges of 2025

As global trade faces increasing volatility, business leaders must navigate a new and unpredictable landscape.

The Ahlers Center for International Business at the University of San Diego’s Knauss School of Business hosted a panel on Friday that addressed the critical trade challenges of 2025. This event examined the potential impacts of new trade policies under the current administration on businesses in our binational region and provided actionable strategies that businesses can use to manage uncertainty.

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Strengthened by the Catholic intellectual tradition, we confront humanity’s challenges by fostering peace, working for justice and leading with love. With more than 8,000 students from 75 countries and 44 states, USD is among the Top 20 Best Private Schools for Making an Impact according to The Princeton Review. USD’s eight academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences, the Knauss School of Business, the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Leadership and Education Sciences, the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, and the Division of Professional and Continuing Education. In 2021, USD was named a “Laudato Si’ University” by the Vatican with a seven-year commitment to address humanity’s urgent challenges by working together to take care of our common home.