It was all the way back in February when I blogged about the Trump Administration’s first round of tariffs, an opening salvo of three executive orders directing the United States to impose new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China. Then came “Liberation Day,” when the Administration announced sweeping new tariffs that were more broadly applicable than the initial round of tariffs, which should not be confused with the “Liberation Day” for Washington, DC that was announced earlier this week. In the wake of these global trade actions, we have experienced what one might euphemistically describe as a “dynamic” trade environment, with the completion of some new trade deals, escalating tariffs on some trading partners, retaliatory tariffs and constantly shifting deadlines. It has been quite a wild ride, making it difficult to maintain one’s Zen amidst the tumult.

As an outside advisor, this dynamic global trade policy has made it difficult to understand what tariffs apply and how they might impact a company’s business. Thankfully, a cottage industry has grown up around tracking the Trump Administration’s tariffs, which is certainly a Herculean task. Here are some of the free tracking efforts that I have found useful:

– The Global Business Alliance, which serves as an advocacy resource for international companies in the United States, maintains the GBA Tariff Tracker, which shows enacted, retaliatory, in-progress and threatened tariffs by country/country group and by sector.

– The Atlantic Council, which is a nonpartisan organization promoting constructive leadership and engagement in international affairs, maintains the Trump Tariff Tracker, which includes a nifty interactive map, a tariff calendar and a description of all of the legal authorities used by the Trump Administration to impose tariffs.

– The Trade War Tracker is a project of Mike Waugh, who is an Economist and Monetary Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and it provides some handy bar charts and a useful timeline.

– The law firm trackers, including these from Reed Smith, Sullivan & Cromwell, and ArentFox Schiff.

There are no doubt many other useful tariff trackers out there, so please drop me a line if you have come across one that you like. I hope that these trackers prove useful to you on your tariff journey, and remember: “The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.”

– Dave Lynn