US tariff tantrums delay GCC expansion as companies await clarity

The setting up of new global capability centres (GCCs) and expansion of existing ones are facing some short-term pauses and delayed decision-making – particularly in tariff-sensitive sectors like automotive – amid uncertainty over proposed US tariffs, experts tracking the space told ET.A large US-based technology firm with a GCC in Noida, which wanted to expand, has decided to wait till September before finalising plans, citing reports that the US economy has shrunk, said Alouk Kumar, CEO of Inductus, a consulting firm that advises GCCs.

“Firms…