Author: angel Publish Time: 2025-04-15 Origin: angel
At the beginning of 2025, the large-scale tariffs imposed by the United States led to a sharp decline in the scale of China's exports, which undoubtedly had a huge impact on global trade from a macro perspective. However, we must be soberly aware that in today's increasingly complex international trade environment, the weaponization of tariffs has become an irreversible new normal.This trend forces Chinese enterprises to fundamentally change their development concepts, completely abandon the traditional low-cost competition thinking, and transform external pressure into internal driving force for transformation and upgrading by systematically improving innovation capabilities and adaptability.
There are no real winners in this tariff war, trade protectionism is nothing short of self-isolation. Even though our company's mold products are included in the tariff exemption list, we can't rest easy. The true wise should be prepared for danger in times of peace – in the context of the normalization of global trade tensions, we must be prepared in advance and develop long-term strategies to address the greater challenges that may arise in the future.
It is noteworthy that this tariff war has also exposed deep-seated issues within the U.S. economy: the hollowing out of the manufacturing base has weakened its domestic advanced manufacturing capabilities, the supply chain has faced frequent disruptions, and even the defense industry has become heavily reliant on foreign supplies. It is foreseeable that a larger-scale tariff war and ongoing trade frictions will continue to escalate, following the trade disputes instigated by the Trump administration.
In the current changing international trade situation, we must not only respond to challenges with a prudent attitude, but also be good at turning crises into development opportunities. In the face of the new economic and trade pattern, enterprises must accelerate the promotion of three strategic transformations:
Digital transformation and upgrading: Actively deploy new business models such as cross-border e-commerce and social e-commerce, build a digital marketing system, and break through traditional trade barriers.
Global market layout: Implement the market diversification strategy, deepen the markets along the "Belt and Road", and expand emerging markets such as ASEAN, the Middle East, and Latin America.
High-end climb of the value chain: Promote the transformation from OEM to ODM and OBM, strengthen R&D innovation and brand building and extend towards both ends of the 'Smile Curve.'
In this era of accelerated evolution and change over the century, only by adapting to changes and taking the initiative can we grasp the course in the turbulent international economic and trade tide. This is not only a way for companies to survive in the current challenges, but also a strategic choice to win a competitive advantage in the next decade. Let us take innovation as the sail and transformation as the oar to break the waves in the new voyage of globalization.
