Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs

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Source: CNBC

Published Sat, Apr 12 2025 9:19 AM EDT | Updated 13 Min Ago


Smartphones and computers are among many tech devices and components that will be exempted from reciprocal tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, according to new guidance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The guidance, issued late Friday evening, comes after Trump earlier this month imposed 145% tariffs on products from China, a move that threatened to take a toll on tech giants like Apple, which makes iPhones and most of its other products in China.

The guidance also includes exclusions for other electronic devices and components, including semiconductors, solar cells, flat panel TV displays, flash drives, and memory cards.

These products could eventually be subject to additional duties, but they are likely to be far lower than the 145% rate that Trump had imposed on goods from China. The exemptions are a win for tech companies like Apple, which makes more than 80% of its products in China. The country manufactures 80% of iPads and more than half of Mac computers produced, according to Evercore ISI.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/trump-exempts-phones-computers-chips-tariffs-apple-dell.html

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And it's because of shit like this that causes "glitches" to happen - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143439097

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Published Sat, Apr 12 2025 9:19 AM EDT | Updated 4 Min Ago


Smartphones and computers will be exempted from President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs, according to new guidance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The guidance comes after Trump earlier this month imposed 125% tariffs on products from China, a move that was poised to take a toll on tech companies like Apple, which makes iPhones and most of its other products in China.

The new tariff guidance also includes exclusions for other electronic devices and components, including semiconductors, solar cells, flat panel TV displays, flash drives, memory cards and solid-state drives used for storing data.


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Smartphones and computers will be exempted from President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs, according to new guidance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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[lark]

1. Wonder how much Apple paid him, or what they did for him to allow this???

You know it's not because it would hurt America, that's laughable. He's doing it like he does everything for his own personal profit.

[gab13by13]

6. Exactly

People make the mistake of analyzing Krasnov's tariff policy in economic terms. Krasnov's imposition of tariffs was nothing more than a mob boss' protection racket. You pay me money or I will ruin your business. I just see that India must have sent Krasnov suitcases full of money. Botany predicted this; We have been getting prescription drugs from India for decades. Now that India has made a "deal" (suitcases filled with money) watch Krasnov remove tariffs from prescription drugs. Botany gets credit for this one if it happens.

Krasnov doesn't give a darn about inflation or a recession, he only cares about extorting people to pay him money.

[lark]

7. Exactly back to you!!

When he gains from others' pain it gives him the ultimate pleasure. That's also why he is a rapist.

[PortTack]

37. I'm not so sure Apple paid tsf. They literally flew 5 cargo planes of iPhones in from China b4 hand

And, they are switching manufacturing to india

[brush]

55. Somebody with sense told him to get real. No one was going to pay $3000 for a cellphone.

Also, Xi of China wasn't backing down and coming to maie a deal like he wanted so trump caved and exempted the products everybody wants from the tariffs.

Hahahahaha. The asshole capitulated.

[LiberalArkie]

2. Ahh, the Waltons did not contribute to Trump, or not enough.

[hlthe2b]

3. Hmmm. And what will be tomorrow's announcement?

I'd been budgeting to replace as many foreign component tech devices as possible anyway so I am not sure I'm trusting this. Unfortunately, not enough will readily remain to replace my old hybrid Prius. So, we are going to see how long I can drive it.

But, I don't trust any announcement right now.

[underpants]

16. He's negotiating with himself

As he learned when Canada, Japan, and the EU forced him to pause the tariffs because of all the Treasury Bonds they hold, he doesn’t have any cards. He can’t control demand in the US other than to strangle it which will piss everyone off.

He set up a game where he’s the mark.

[ananda]

41. That's an interesting take.

Thanks.

It's like an own goal.

[underpants]

46. Everything revolves around him

He has no consideration of any other being on the planet.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220231461

[gab13by13]

4. What happened to the Krasnov promise

that we are going to build factories all over the US to do computers, chips, and phones? Wasn't that the point of his high tariffs on China?

This is a big crack in Krasnov's tariff policy.

[AnnaLee]

5. Doesn't that susidize Apple staying in China?

First, a forgiven tariff, if not for all, is a subsidy (loss of revenue to wherever Trump thinks revenue will be after collecting it). So, now, American taxpayers are subsidizing cheap labor in China??? I guess what I am questioning is how does Apple move "manufacturing" to the US when it is cheaper to stay where they are?

[LiberalArkie]

8. Apparently it is just a TAX on the department stores, On the Walton's, The Bezo's, and others. Elon must have

remembered that Starlink and Tesla chips and stuff made in China

[gab13by13]

9. I think Elon is mad at China

because it has better AI than we do and China is sort of giving it away for free. although that will change.

[Justice matters.]

27. They were NOT coming back to the USA anyway, BECAUSE...

nobody will work 16 hours a day for $4 a day.

Krasnov wants to tank the dollar and destroy the United States for Putin, and he's doing a great job so far.

[tavernier]

43. And when it's all over he will turn around and say

Somebody should have stopped me! It’s not my fault!

[twodogsbarking]

10. Not golf clubs, shoes, balls, etc.?

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Or ties?

[twodogsbarking]

18. Ties should be illegal.

[BumRushDaShow]

29. ...

[Turbineguy]

11. That way he can always reinstate them. Whims and Chaos.

[sinkingfeeling]

13. Whatever happened to his "spine of steel"? So much winning.

[dweller]

14. JFC

I’m so tired of his flipflopflipflopflipflop

🫤



✌🏻

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. David Brooks nailed it very publicly on Friday

Yes, we all chattered about it for some time now, but I don't know if anyone on the broadcast/cable networks has stated it so clearly and directly yet.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220230898

[gab13by13]

23. Krasnov only cares about money,

Big Pharma donates Big Money to his campaign and then Krasnov turns around and imposes tariffs on the donors' overseas' factories.

I see that India is negotiating with Krasnov as to how many suitcases of money it will take to remove the tariffs.

[Jacson6]

17. I'm getting dizzy with all this narcissists hourly tariff changes.

I guess now only US farmer exporters and US furniture importers will be punished by this cRaZy guy.

[Bengus81]

36. Farmers won't be hurt for long. They WILL get another round of subsidy checks from

taxpayers to fund farmers AKA Republican voters. Just watch over the next week or so for an announcement.

[Prairie Gates]

56. Lazy farmers prefer to sit around and collect government checks than work for a living

That's why they vote for Trump in such large numbers. They know he will tariff and cut them checks, and they won't have to work. Lazy.

[twodogsbarking]

19. Things we can't make. Maybe other countries will stop exporting the the US. Thanks El Rumpo.

[IronLionZion]

20. They like social media posting on X, Truth Social, Signal etc.

so I guess phones are essential for super geniuses to share classified war plans

[BootinUp]

21. Wake me up when he has a concept of a plan.

[gab13by13]

24. Krasnov doesn't need a plan,

It's a mob shake down. He imposes tariffs (protection money) and then sits back and waits for the countries to come to him with deals (suitcases of money) to remove the tariffs.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. I think tRump saw one of Cramer's polemics on Apple. I don't "watch Cramer" but I've been seeing him on CNBC

Jim Cramer has been multiple times this week asking "Why is Apple being punished when they did what tRump asked for in tRump 1.0" (my paraphrase). I don't watch him, but I've seen him multiple times because I've had CNBC on in the background a lot these last ten days.

After the 2018 tRump tariff taxes against China, Apple (and other companies like Nike and Lululemon) did what was asked: they shifted some or a lot of production out of China and into Vietnam and India. Then wham heavy on again off again on again pause again.

Is this exemption permanent or just for the 90 days while non-China tariffs are paused. Who knows. Not even tRump knows. Depends whether he talked to Bessent last or Navarro (Ron Vara) last.

[BumRushDaShow]

31. I saw a couple articles yesterday

where Apple was shipping large quantities of iPhones from India to beat the tariffs - https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2025/04/10/apple-iphone-india-trump-tariffs/83033671007/

[PortTack]

38. Yes...they flew in 5 cargo planes of iPhones in b4 hand. And yes, they are moving manufacturing to India

[FredGarvin]

32. These exemptions will be in effect until Trump's inner circle sell their long positions.

Right before he reverses his stance, in which time his circle will load up on short positions.

Rinse and repeat

[Ocelot II]

25. What about all that MAGA merch?

Is that crap still tariffed?

[FredGarvin]

33. Most likely Trump Inc placed a blanket order tor the merch

No increase.

[marble falls]

26. Tech Bros are looking to take over. This was just a bloody nose for Mango Jebus ...

... can he fight a two fronted war?

[Hugin]

28. Adding yet another huge layer of unfunded understaffed complexity to a goat rodeo.

Seems pretty efficient to me.



Impeach him now!

[FredGarvin]

30. Exempt means ZERO tariff

No wonder the markets spiked higher last week.

[Bengus81]

34. Yeah...I knew the pick and choose would happen

I've never owned a iPhone and never will but I'll get FUCKED on everything else I buy from China to help out poor ole' Apple.

[FredGarvin]

35. Full List of exempt:

8471 – Automatic data processing machines and units thereof (e.g., laptops, desktops, servers).

8473.30 – Parts and accessories for automatic data processing machines (e.g., computer parts).

8486 – Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or electronic integrated circuits.

8517.13.00 – Smartphones and other telecommunication apparatus for cellular networks.

8517.62.00 – Machines for the reception, conversion, and transmission/regeneration of voice, images, or other data (e.g., modems, routers).

8523.51.00 – Solid-state non-volatile storage devices (e.g., flash memory, SSDs).

8524 – Media for the recording of sound or other phenomena, not elsewhere specified (can include CDs, DVDs, etc.).

8528.52.00 – Monitors capable of directly connecting to an automatic data processing machine (e.g., computer monitors).

8541.10.00 – Diodes, other than photosensitive or light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

8541.21.00 – Transistors with a dissipation rate of

[Botany]

42. And a vast majority of this stuff is made in China

N/t

[FredGarvin]

47. This list applies to China

[PortTack]

39. The best answer to all of this is still boycotting. Yes, phones die other stuff too, but can ya just hold on for a while

PLEASE…until it just doesn’t work…PLEASE!

Not only does it screw 47, it screws the billionaires too!

[Bev54]

40. Wonder if China might put an export tariff on them

Going to the US.

[live love laugh]

44. Product-selective tariffs is absurd. It won't remove the financial impact.

[FredGarvin]

48. Markets migh reach an all-time high next week on this fold

Xi won.

So does Wall Street and consumers

[videohead5]

45. A sign should be on the White House

Caves-A-Lot.

[dalton99a]

49. The art of the backpedal on late Friday night

[Gore1FL]

50. I wonder when this will randomly change. nt

[jayschool2013]

51. Dick-Traitor drunk-dialing again

So this one syphilis-addled sociopath gets to decide everything, everywhere for everybody all the time?

Fuck that shit!

RESIST!

[Warpy]

52. Yeah, I'll just bet he does

and eventually his tariff wall is going to look like Swiss cheese as he's flattered, cajoled, and bribed to lower the tariffs on this and that item.

[brush]

53. Hahahahahahahaha! So trump caved on the goods from China that everyone and the economy actually buys...

like cellphones, TVs. chips, electronics, etc. Looks like China wasn't backing down and coming to him to kiss his ring and make a deal, so someone with some sense advised the asshole he'd better back off because no one was going to pay $3000 for cellphones.

[Prairie Gates]

54. Good Lord

That's the whole ballgame.

[Wingus Dingus]

57. Small businesses will go under as Krasnov picks winners and losers in his economic shitstorm.

[Tarzanrock]

58. The Turd's arm got tired ...

... from punching himself in the face before the fight even started. The Turd's corner threw in the "surrender" towel while Xi Jinping sat on the stool over in his corner of the ring. Everyone is saying that the Turd needs hospitalization for all the facial contusions and abrasions which he self-inflicted from punching his own face.

[ShazamIam]

59. Looks like the tech billionaires who gave so generously to Trump are getting exemptions for their products. nt

[Eugene]

60. Rump: I dare you to step over this line. China crosses it. Rump: I double-dog dare you to cross THIS next line...

Rump is retreating. Just as important, what sane person wants to pay double or triple for stuff that U.S. factories are unlikely to make anytime soon?