The government of Donald Trump has announced a set of tariff exemptions that will benefit mobile manufacturers, computers, microprocessors and other electronic products. This measure is a Temporary relief Until the Trump administration develops a new specific tariff approach for the semiconductor industry, however, this exception does not release manufacturers of all tariffs, since the newspaper Bloomberg He affirms that other tariffs on Trump are still applied on April 9.
Following the thread of tariff exemptions, these new provisions, which have been published in a bulletin issued by the Office of Customs and Border Protection, They exclude devices from two types of tariffs: 125% applied to China and the 10% base tariff that affects most other countries. In addition, this decision gives a Relief to companies such as Apple, TSMC or NVIDIAwhile reducing the negative impact of tariffs on consumers.
This tariff exemption is “temporary”
United States Secretary of the United States, Howard Lutnick, clarified the agency Associated Press News that the newly announced tariff exemption for mobiles, computers and semiconductors It is temporarybecause “soon” they will have a specific lien.
In addition, in an interview with the American chain ABC NewsLutnick said that “all these products will be included in the semiconductor category and They will have a specific tariff (…). Will be included in semiconductor tariffs, which probably They will enter into force in one or two months. So they will arrive soon. “
On the other hand, this statement contrasts with the Customs Office notice and border protection, which excluded the smartphonescomponents of computers and semiconduting chips, between a list of other electronic devices, of those known as “reciprocal tariffs.” Therefore, Lutnick’s explanation implies that Exemption applies to those imported products to the United States and that they have entered the country or left the stores in their places of origin from April 5.
Trumo announces that there will be new tariffs for chips
Donald Trump said Semiconductor tariffs will be applied “in the near future” and that will announce the rates for them this week. In addition, according to the EFE agency, when asked why specific rate will apply your government to semiconductor imports, Trump just said that “this week” will announce it.
On the other hand, Trump said United States to manufacture its own chips and semiconductorsas well as other weight goods such as pharmaceutical products, which has also said that it will tax.
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