#18: What Trump's tariffs mean for AI - Nada Sanders

I sat down with Dr. Nada Sanders, a distinguished professor of supply chain management at Northeastern University, to better understand the impact that tariffs and a trade war could have on the business and field of AI. 

Episode Links: 
  • The semiconductor pipeline: https://datacenterpost.com/ais-hardware-hunger-the-global-semiconductor-supply-chain-under-pressure/
  • The latest on the tariffs and trade war: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62z54gwd22o
  • Nvidia’s US push: https://www.thedeepview.co/p/nvidia-to-produce-500-billion-worth-of-supercomputers-in-the-u-s-for-the-first-time
  • Apple’s US push: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/apple-will-spend-more-than-500-billion-usd-in-the-us-over-the-next-four-years/
Outline: 
0:00 – Intro 
4:09 – The vulnerability of the AI supply chain
19:13 – Is it realistic to bring production back to the US? 
27:31 – Innovation could plateau 
34:04 – The challenge of navigating uncertainty, even if the tariffs come off

Get The Deep View — your daily source for in-depth, fact-based reporting on artificial intelligence — in your inbox every morning. Subscribe here! (https://www.thedeepview.co/subscribe)

Connect with us on X, TikTok and Instagram.  

Artificial intelligence is a complicated topic, bound by a number of complex threads — technical science, ethics, safety, regulation, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, investment and — above all — humanity. On The Deep View: Conversations, Ian Krietzberg, host and Editor-in-Chief at The Deep View, breaks it all down, cutting through the hype to make clear what's important and why you should care.

Creators and Guests

Ian Krietzberg
Host
Ian Krietzberg
Former Editor in Chief
#18: What Trump's tariffs mean for AI - Nada Sanders