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Trump Exempts Hi-Tech Items From China Tariffs – HotAir

Don’t rush to the store to buy that new iPhone just yet. After a week of volatility in the markets over Donald Trump’s tariffs, investors mainly returned to normal by the end of the week, ending on a positive upswing on Friday. The one exception was among tech stocks such as Apple, where tariffs would hit their supply chains hard.





Until late last night, that is. Trump has repeated his exemption to tariffs on higher-end electronics that he applied in the first term against China, according to US Customs and Border Patrol:

Smartphones, laptop computers, memory chips and other electronics will be exempt from President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on China, according to new guidance from the administration, in another step back that could ease some consumer concerns about an immediate spike in costs for electronic products. 

The guidance, published Friday night by…

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