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Anthony De Filippis

Anthony De Filippis

Co-CEO at CargoTrans, a family-owned customs brokerage and logistics firm helping SMBs navigate tariffs and global shipping.

Aug 4, 2026

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1:08
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1:08
Yeah, no, so that's a, that's a pretty common question these days, and I would say, obviously, as we all know, there's a lot of uncertainty geopolitically.
1:17
Tariffs, conflicts are all really adding to the complexity of what really pre-Liberation Day, so about a year ago, was pretty much free trade.
1:26
For me, I think the most important thing when kinda trying to create stability or approach solving for stability is optionality.
1:33
Optionality is, I would say, something that's easier for larger organizations, so if you're, like, in the smaller to medium-size organization, I would s- it, it can be a little more difficult to achieve and sort of design and create that architecture of optionality across the supply chain.
1:51
So there's a few different areas that I think about when o- in terms of optionality.
1:56
So the first is gonna be, like, flexible sourcing strategy, so just having a nimble kind of foundation to approach, like, maintain multiple suppliers, multiple relationships that can produce even, like, the same product.

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