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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
CNBC (Business Website) ^ | 12 April 2025 | Lori Ann LaRocco & Hakyung Kim & Doherty

Posted on 04/12/2025 7:55:23 AM PDT by zeestephen

The 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 4dchess; anothercave; cave; china; chinawins; econ101; embarrassing; flipflop; humiliation; losing; notacave; pearlclutching; surrender; surrendermonkey; tariffs; tarrifsaretaxes; tdstrollsonfr; trump; trumptariffwars
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1 posted on 04/12/2025 7:55:23 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

Trump continues to cave on tariffs.


2 posted on 04/12/2025 7:56:21 AM PDT by moviefan8
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Well, Monday will be busy.


3 posted on 04/12/2025 7:57:28 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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It doesn’t look good that’s for sure


4 posted on 04/12/2025 7:57:42 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: moviefan8

Trump is using tariffs like a scalpel instead of a bludgeon.

Works for me.

And if he decides a bludgeon is what’s needed, that’s cool, too.


5 posted on 04/12/2025 7:59:11 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: zeestephen

Those are the products we need to have built here.


6 posted on 04/12/2025 8:00:00 AM PDT by toast
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To: V_TWIN

Only to people who don’t understand the realities of the supply chains involved in producing these necessities.


7 posted on 04/12/2025 8:00:11 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: toast

We will. :-)


8 posted on 04/12/2025 8:00:25 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: moviefan8

Trump is walking a tightrope. If he stayed safe, trade imbalances would only worsen.

If he went full on with tariffs on our electronic gear, he’d send the price of an average cell phone to over two grand.

He’s not caving. He’s making careful concessions benefitting all parties.


9 posted on 04/12/2025 8:00:31 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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This is a good move.
Chips are designed in the USA, fabricated in Taiwan, tested in Malaysia and then assembled in China, Vietnam or India.
Too many connections plus it keeps Apple happy until they can pull their operations out of China.


10 posted on 04/12/2025 8:02:42 AM PDT by Zathras
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'The 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.'

Aka China, Taiwan and rest of Asia.

The US paper tiger is coming true.

11 posted on 04/12/2025 8:03:41 AM PDT by Theoria
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Headline doesn’t say it, but admin also caved on other critical stuff. Bringing back American manufacturing of t-shirts and sneakers.


12 posted on 04/12/2025 8:03:48 AM PDT by Callahan ( )
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To: Zathras

That’s what Art Laffer and Larry Kudlow just said. I’ll take their opinion over the panicans on this site.


13 posted on 04/12/2025 8:04:52 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
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To: moviefan8

Trump continues to cave on tariffs.


I am so glad you have this figured out. We are doomed.

If you ever understood anything about negotiation ,which I don’t think you do, You never give something away with out getting something back. I am wondering what Trump got in exchange for this.


14 posted on 04/12/2025 8:06:21 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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“Only to people who don’t understand the realities of the supply chains involved in producing these necessities”

That’s more than likely MOST people.....and I can guarantee the lib media will spin this as negatively as possible.


15 posted on 04/12/2025 8:06:35 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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gaslight


16 posted on 04/12/2025 8:08:18 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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Did he get anything in return from China? I’m really confused about this.


17 posted on 04/12/2025 8:08:24 AM PDT by Kleon
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gaslight


18 posted on 04/12/2025 8:09:07 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Kleon

gaslight


19 posted on 04/12/2025 8:09:27 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: V_TWIN

“...the lib media...”

Hah!

They’re here, brazenly commenting on this post!


20 posted on 04/12/2025 8:11:14 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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