Tariff restructuring, China export controls, and the Strait of Hormuz closure have fundamentally changed the economics of American manufacturing. Meridian monitors your exposure continuously — automated screening and tariff tracking that catches changes the day they happen, not months later when a supplier raises prices.
On April 2, 2026, Section 232 tariffs were restructured to apply to the full value of all steel and aluminum derivative articles. Combined with Section 301 rates, effective tariff rates on Chinese-origin metal components now reach 53%. Most operators haven't re-run their landed cost numbers.
China's Wave 1 export controls on terbium, dysprosium, samarium, gadolinium, and yttrium are active under an adversarial licensing regime. Wave 2 — covering additional materials and processing equipment — is suspended until November 10, 2026.
The Hormuz closure has disrupted fertilizer feedstocks, plastics, petrochemicals, and specialty coatings. Lead times on affected categories have extended 30–45 days. Goldman Sachs has raised recession probability to 30%, citing the oil supply shock as the primary driver.
A one-time audit tells you where you stood the day it was written. Meridian's monitoring products run every day and email you the moment something affects you. Start with one — every product you add after that costs less than the last.
Screens your vendors, customers and freight partners every day against U.S. denied-party and sanctions lists (OFAC SDN, BIS Entity List, State Department debarred parties). A likely match arrives as a plain-language alert with a link to the official listing so you can confirm it.
Tell us what you import in plain words — we'll suggest the HTS codes — and we check every new Federal Register tariff action against it daily, so a rate change shows up as an alert the day it's announced, not the day your supplier raises prices.
List your suppliers, their countries and share of spend, and get a live score of your concentration and country risk — with the reasoning, suggested next steps and a downloadable PDF report.
Watches China's own export-control announcements and U.S. actions on the critical minerals your products depend on — neodymium, dysprosium, gallium and more — and alerts you in plain English when one is published.
For defense subcontractors: screens your suppliers every day against the Pentagon's list of Chinese military companies, the Section 889 telecom and video-surveillance ban and federal debarments, flags suppliers in DFARS-restricted countries, and gives you a screening record to hand your primes.
Tracks the monthly U.S. producer prices of what you buy — steel, aluminum, copper, fasteners, electronics, resins, packaging and energy — and alerts you when one moves past your threshold, with what it means for your annual spend.
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