The Boardroom Daily Brief unpacks a tariff ruling that could unwind U.S. trade agreements with key partners, a coordinated pharma manufacturing buildout on U.S. soil, a court decision that spares Alphabet from breakup, and gold’s surge above $3,500 as a live signal of systemic uncertainty. Ash connects the dots and then dives into a practical playbook for building optionality in an age of policy chaos—structuring phased capacity, using portable manufacturing contracts, negotiating flexible incentives, turning trade clauses into living documents, hardening treasury posture, and installing trigger-based governance with policy-fluent leaders. The episode closes with a 48-hour stress-test challenge boards can run now to turn volatility into advantage.