Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs

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President Donald Trump’s administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs, potentially cushioning consumers from sticker shock while benefiting electronics giants including Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co.

The exclusions, published late Friday by US Customs and Border Protection, narrow the scope of the levies by excluding the products from Trump’s 125% China tariff and his baseline 10% global tariff on nearly all other countries.

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2025-04-12 18:05 #5 In other words, domestic electronic producers will get shafted k #1 
Another way of looking at this is that domestic electronics producers will pay the import tariffs on the raw material and will thus have higher prices than the Chinese producers. Thanks, Donald.