Trump exempts electronics from tariffs, including China

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Electronics imported to the United States will be exempt from President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, according to a US Customs and Border Protection notice posted late Friday.

Smartphones, computer monitors and various electronic parts are among the exempted products. The exemption applies to products entering the United States or removed from warehouses as early as April 5, according to the notice.

The move comes after the Trump administration imposed a minimum tariff rate of 145% on Chinese goods imported to the United States. The tariffs would have a major impact on tech giants like Apple, which make iPhones and other products in China.

Roughly 90% of Apple’s iPhone production and assembly is based in China, according to Wedbush Securities’ estimates.

Analysts at Wedbush on Saturday called the tariff exclusion, “the best news possible for tech investors.”

“Big Tech firms like Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft and the broader tech industry can breathe a huge sigh of relief this weekend into Monday,” Wedbush said in a statement. “A big step forward for US tech to get these exemptions and the most bullish news we could have heard this weekend… now onto the next step in negotiations on the broader China tariff war which will take a number of months at least.”

Nvidia declined to comment to CNN. Microsoft and Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/12/tech/trump-electronics-china-tariffs/index.html

 

[Morphine Prince 109,649]

Classic Trump. Create chaos, "fix it" when it's actually caving, and return to normalcy and his cult eats it up every time. 

But this time his billionaire friends made a lot of money from manipulating the stock market meanwhile the working class will take a lot longer to recover from the losses.

[Mother of Puppies 36,615]

what a clown show

[DopeEnigma 1,774]

[hamartia 3,018]

GGD: *still freaking out about coachella*

GGD's political correspondent @Morphine Prince:

[NeanderthalDavid 798]

I’ll be snagging a switch 2 faster than you can say Ferrari. 

[Cavadour 2,704]

5 hours ago, Morphine Prince said:

But this time his billionaire friends made a lot of money from manipulating the stock market meanwhile the working class will take a lot longer to recover from the losses.

Yeah, and he was shrewd enough to send his "great time to buy" public message, so then he can sort of hide his insider trading tips behind it. He did the same with his insurrection call on Jan 6, 2021. Hiding and lying in plain sight. Once a crook and a felon...

I wonder how much longer will people endure this.

Even kings get their head chopped off when enough is enough.

 

[Bronco 24,801]

Trump blinked. China won. 

[Economy 52,842]

Trump with Tarrifs on a daily basis:

 

[Morphine Prince 109,649]

27 minutes ago, hamartia said:

GGD: *still freaking out about coachella*

GGD's political correspondent @Morphine Prince:

Listening to the Abracadabra Gessafelstein remix as I made this thread, the grind never stops 

[Economy 52,842]

38 minutes ago, hamartia said:

GGD: *still freaking out about coachella*

GGD's political correspondent @Morphine Prince:

Hes replacing me @Morphine Prince 

 

[Knife 7,079]

This is great for PC building, but I've heard this doesn't apply to video game consoles, many of which are manufactured in China by Foxconn.

[Nemo 4,410]

wake me when he's over

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1 hour ago, Morphine Prince said:

Classic Trump. Create chaos, "fix it" when it's actually caving, and return to normalcy and his cult eats it up every time. 

But this time his billionaire friends made a lot of money from manipulating the stock market meanwhile the working class will take a lot longer to recover from the losses.

Mayhem uncvntified 

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1 hour ago, Morphine Prince said:

Classic Trump. Create chaos, "fix it" when it's actually caving, and return to normalcy and his cult eats it up every time. 

But this time his billionaire friends made a lot of money from manipulating the stock market meanwhile the working class will take a lot longer to recover from the losses.

I know I sound like a broken record, but the next democrat president needs to launch a massive formal deprogramming campaign against MAGA. These people are too dangerous. Mandated action is needed to end the MAGA cult, and permanently.