Tech tariff exemptions are only temporary, according to Trump’s commerce secretary

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By Karla T Vasquez

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According to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik, the technology industry may not be safe from new tariffs.

The Trump administration announced Friday evening that consumer electronics like laptops and smartphones would be exempted from the tariffs that were unveiled this month. (During Trump’s time This tariff is much delayed This week, he left 10% baseline duty while collecting additional 125% tariff on Chinese products.)

Report about the discount It has been mentioned that technical products can still be affected by target tariffs, semiconductors are covered under certain investigation.

Lutnik made it more clear on Sunday morning An interview With the ABC Show “This Week”, Trump is “exempting from mutual tariffs” to these products, but they are included in “semiconductor tariffs, which are probably coming in a month.”

Lutnik said, “All these products will come under semiconductor and they will have a special focus type duty to ensure that these products have been re -collected,” Lutnik said. “We need to have a semiconductor, we need to have chips and we have a flat panel – we need to make these things in America.”

Lutnik said, “I don’t think so,” and again, “I think the idea is that we can produce in America.” (Others have said Looter That “a few million and millions of people’s army screwed on the little screws to make the iPhone, this national thing is about to come to America,” A fantasy.)

Trump was himself Accepting about semiconductor tariffs This weekend, and he said, “I’ll answer you on Monday.”

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