UPDATE: April 13,Arouse (2025) 2025, 4:00 p.m.
Don’t get too comfortable. The tariff exemptions announced Friday are only temporary. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik said Sunday that smartphones, semiconductors, and display modules will fall under new "semiconductors" tariffs rolling out in “a month or two.”
You can catch up on the original story below.
The specifics of President Donald Trump's tariffs have changed quite a bit over the past few days. Now, it looks like a whole host of electronics, including most smartphones, will be excluded from the new tariffs.
According to guidelines released Friday from Customs and Border Protection, there are 20 products that are exempt from the 125 percent tariff imposed on Chinese imports and also the updated 10 percent baseline tariff on imports from other countries. The updated guidance had nothing to say about the current 20 percent tariff on Chinese goods. The exempt products include smartphones, computers, semiconductors, and flat-panel display modules. China, meanwhile, raised tariffs on U.S. imports by 125%.
SEE ALSO: Updating: All the tariff price increases in the tech world so farWhite House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai told CNBC that "President Trump has made it clear America cannot rely on China to manufacture critical technologies such as semiconductors, chips, smartphones, and laptops."
"At the direction of the President, these companies are hustling to onshore their manufacturing in the United States as soon as possible," Desai said in the statement.
CNBC reported earlier this week that people panic-bought iPhones in response to the proposed 125 percent tariffs earlier this month, fearing they would be priced out of the tech once tariffs were put in place. Apple was anticipating major difficulties in response. This new tariff drop might be good news for Apple — at least for now.
UPDATE: Apr. 13, 2025, 1:11 p.m. This article was updated to add new information announced by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik.
Topics iPhone Tariffs
Amazon Prime Video drops 4 very creepy new horror movie trailersGoogle Search features new tool for pandemic shoppingReporters have lots to say about Sean Spicer's resignationThe Nintendo 3DS is dead. Long live the Nintendo 3DS.Netflix's 'The Devil All the Time' is an overheated mess: Movie reviewIntense videos show Hurricane Sally hit the Gulf Coast hardLyft will finally develop its own selfSwiveling LG Wing 5G takes dualApple unveils eighthBiggie Smalls' crown and other items for sale at Sotheby's first hipThe military could buy a lot for the price of its Trump Tower rentalVideo call lens turns gestures into comicLyft will finally develop its own selfThe number of tweets Donald Trump has sent since becoming president is downright shockingApple quietly improves terms for AppleCare+The number of tweets Donald Trump has sent since becoming president is downright shockingTop surfer attacked by shark 2 years ago has a close call in the exact same spotFacebook Messenger now lets you watch videos with friends5 things I noticed during my 24 hours with the Apple Watch Series 6Apple goes after the distrustful These Ethiopian superheroes fight for girls' rights in badass new TV series People are freaking out over inevitable Taylor Swift references on Harry Styles' new album New Zealand's Prime Minister doesn't find John Oliver's Kiwi jokes very funny :( Amazon Prime's newest perk: Exclusive concerts Netflix TV ad tricks people into supporting very fake politician Frank Underwood Senator ripped for not understanding the meaning of 'unclassified' Weird Neil deGrasse Tyson 'pants' tweet was an accident, which makes it even stranger tbh Thanks to Amazon, it's time to kill your landline Facebook is quietly giving in to government pressures to censor content Facebook is going to do something about those terrible ads on your website Robots are getting better at teaching other robots how to do things. Oh. Snapchat's constant evolution shows it won't let itself be crushed by Facebook Even Edward Snowden thinks Trump firing James Comey was messed up Microsoft goes full Minority Report with Gesture API for Windows 10 Extremely lit sign language interpreter steals the show at Snoop Dogg's concert Cortana will soon have a lot more skills to show off Microsoft Video Indexer can identify emotions of people in videos Today in whitewashing: White guy cast as Native Hawaiian hero in 'Ni'ihau' Get a good look at Faraday Future's supercar in new video Opera adds WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger right into the browser
2.3794s , 10108.5390625 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Arouse (2025)】,Wisdom Convergence Information Network