Survey on Global Trade Uncertainty: Export Impacts and Coping Strategies

By Anushka Wijesinha

JULY 17, 2025 | International Trade and Economic Competitiveness

CSF Survey on Global Trade Uncertainty: Export Impacts and Coping Strategies in Sri Lanka

Global trade tensions are causing uncertainty for Sri Lankan businesses. Exporters are grappling with not only the likelihood of higher taxes, but perhaps more crucially, the uncertainties around them. Centre for a Smart Future is studying the effects of trade policy uncertainty on export-oriented businesses in Sri Lanka (with a focus on US tariff changes), and are conducting this brief survey to understand how business are navigating and coping with the changes.

This is an executive opinion-based survey, and we invite private sector leaders in export-oriented businesses to respond. Responses will remain strictly confidential, non-attributable, and used only for policy research purposes. Findings from the research will also help businesses like yours, trade chambers, and the government, understand the impacts better, and inform public-private dialogue around solutions.

The survey can be accessed here – https://forms.gle/iVMFGk5n2ecqCNFm9

Contact Anushka Wijesinha ([email protected]) or Senith Abeyanayake ([email protected]) if you have any queries, concerns, or feedback.

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