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Year-End Insights Webinar 1: What We Learned in 2025
Year-End Insights Webinar 1: What We Learned in 2025
October 15, 2025/
Key Changes, Shifts & Surprises in Trade This Year!
How have you survived 2025 and how do you plan to weather 2026? In this webinar Star USA’s president, Michael D. Easton, was joined by Lee Mersek, president of Global Resilience Advisory, and Chris Lundy, the head of customs brokerage and import trade compliance at Röhlig USA, to talk about what they saw happening in 2025, what they anticipate in 2026, and how you can get through it.
Quick Tip: It’s more important now than ever before to be as knowledgeable and current as you possibly can. Find solid, reliable sources to help you stay up to date, and don’t rely on ChatGPT for accurate information!
Topics Include:
- Michael’s must-haves for 2026
- What intelligence really is & its role in international business
- Lee’s only geopolitical certainty for 2026
- 3 indicators for where 2026 is headed
- A quick overview of the current tariffs & the concept of tariff stacking
- Chris’ advice on the best thing to tell your clients
- How you can help your (very exhausted) customs broker
Resources
- Star USA Year-End Insights Webinar 1 - What We Learned in 2025 Slides
- Lee Mersek - Global Resilience Advisory Slides
- Chris Lundy - Rohlig USA Slides
The webinar audience mentioned the following resources. Star USA does not vouch for or endorse any third-party or unofficial sources.
- Pete Mento, DSV on LinkedIn
- Braumiller Law
- Expeditors
- The Daily Bugle newsletter
- Simply Trade podcast
- ST&R Two Minutes in Trade podcast
- Noatum Logistics
- Flexport
- Thompson Coburn
- What’s Going On With Shipping YouTube channel
- GHY Tariff Tracker
- Trade Compliance Resource Hub Tariff Tracker
- r/CustomsBroker on Reddit
- Customs Brokers on Discord
1 LCB/CCS/CES CE credit available until September 15, 2026.
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