Comment on Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronics

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BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

The question comes down to whether a phone with a chip in it is subject to the tariff or just raw chips being imported. No one is putting a US chip in it, because US chips don’t exist. The foundries to make them don’t exist.

If the assembled phone is subject to a “phone” or “general” tariff at 30% and not the 100% chip tariff then it incentivises manufacturing in china vs the US is what I think the OP is saying.

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