President Donald Trump clarified that no products are exempt from his new increased tariffs on China even after Customs and Border Protection announced exemptions for various tech products just last week.
In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump said those tech products — which include smartphones, various electronic parts, and computer monitors — have merely moved to a “different Tariff ‘bucket’” and are still subject to the 20% tariff on China related to fentanyl.
“NOBODY is getting ‘off the hook’ for the unfair Trade Balances, and Non Monetary Tariff Barriers, that other Countries have used against us, especially not China which, by far, treats us the worst! There was no Tariff ‘exception’ announced on Friday. These products are subject to the existing 20% Fentanyl Tariffs, and they are just moving to a different Tariff ‘bucket.’ The Fake News knows this, but refuses to report it,” the president said.
Trump, however, went on to say that semiconductors and the “whole electronics supply chain” will be reevaluated in “upcoming National Security Tariff Investigations,” while stressing the importance of making products in the United States.
“What has been exposed is that we need to make products in the United States, and that we will not be held hostage by other Countries, especially hostile trading Nations like China, which will do everything within its power to disrespect the American People. We also cannot let them continue to abuse us on Trade, like they have for decades, THOSE DAYS ARE OVER!” he said.
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The majority of consumer electronics are made outside the U.S., with China manufacturing 80% of Apple’s iPhones for sale in the U.S., for example.
Trump, while pausing most of the tariffs he deemed reciprocal, targeted China with increased levies of 145%.
