The Trump administration indicated on Sunday that it will follow a new tariff on the strong computer chips inside smartphones and other technologies, just two days later Explicit a variety of electronics One of the recently applied import taxes on the goods coming from China.
This batch came at a time when economic advisers scrambled to Trump President to explain their changing strategy, after they insisted for weeks that they would not protect any company or industry from any of the fees that it imposed in an attempt to reset US trade relations.
The re -postponement of technology companies has reached the form of customs protection and borders that were released late on Friday and that survived high -tech imports of the so -called mutual definitions of Mr. Trump, including those in China. While the president stopped a set of punitive fees Nearly 60 countries Last week, his administration submitted new taxes of 145 percent on Chinese exports, which Washington announced after Beijing took revenge against the United States.
Exceptions at the CBP base covered a large list of products, such as computers, smartphones, modem devices and flash drives, and represents a great victory for Apple, Dell customer and other American technology giants, which depend on Chinese factories to help manufacture important components and popular devices.
But on Sunday, the Trump administration has sought to throw these exemptions in a different light, which places it as just a temporary break while the government is preparing for more targeted taxes on semiconductor imports in the coming weeks. For Mr. Trump and his higher assistants, the United States is the sources of many of its chips from abroad, threatening national and economic security in the country.
Peter Navarro, the White House chief consultant in trade, insisted on “Meet The Press” from NBC as “not exceptions” at all. Instead, he stressed that the White House can still impose a specific tariff on computer chips that operate countless consumer and military products.
Huard Lottennik, Minister of Commerce, said in “this week” at ABC that Mr. Trump could announce a new tariff “in the next month or two”, which will not only target semiconductors but also drug imports. He added that the administration can work as soon as next week to open an investigation into the semiconductor industry, which paves the stage for the government to impose a new tariff on the foundations of national security.
The approach appears to reflect the process that resulted in Mr. Trump Definitions On other specific products and sectors, including the high fees imposed on foreign cars and car parts.
Kevin Haysit, director of the National Economic Council of the White House, told CNN, “The Union’s Case” said that “some of these high -tech imports will be subject to their own definitions, separate from those that were widely imposed on countries in response to their commercial practices.
“The semi -conductors are an important part of the defense equipment,” Mr. Hasit added, saying: “I don’t think anything should be a surprise.”
Jamieson Greer, the US highest American commercial official, has described the move to “confront the nation” to CBS as more than a mechanical change, saying about semiconductors that “not that they will not be subject to tariffs”, but it is done under a “different system”.
The Trump administration has already excluded different types of semiconductors from mutual definitions as of April 2. But the changes announced on Friday will make a big difference for companies that sell laptops, mobile phones, televisions and other electronics.
However, the possibility of a new tariff occurring on chips that threatened to take another look at the technology industry, even when the major pressure groups representing Intel, NVIDIA and other technology companies encouraged management to conclude commercial deals that ultimately reduce commercial barriers worldwide.
When asked about the possibility of the upcoming definitions on the chips on Saturday, Mr. Trump said: “I will give you this answer on Monday.”
“We will be very specific,” added. “But we take a lot of money. As a country we take a lot of money.”
“The mass confusion created by this continuous news from the White House amazing for industry and investors and creating uncertainty and the enormous chaos of companies trying to plan the supply chain, stock and demand,” Dan Evs, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, said in a memorandum of investors on Sunday.
Ultimately, new taxes on the imports of chips can make American companies more expensive for American companies to produce smartphones and other devices, cut off their profits or force them to raise prices on American consumers. For Apple, in particular, the dream caused the giant losing giant technology More than 770 billion dollars in the market value on the opening days only From Mr. Trump’s trade war.
Since then, the two countries have continued to take revenge on each other, causing financial markets around the world in a continuous and expensive confrontation. American consumers even It seems that the rush to buy new iPhone devices last weekExpecting that the prolonged trade conflict can lead to an increase in prices.
Tribal Michael and Anna Swanson He contributed to this report.
