US President Donald Trump’s administration has announced that smartphones and computers have been excluded from Trump’s global reciprocal tariffs.
In a notice shared by US Customs and Border Protection, the exemption also applies to the 145% tariffs imposed on Chinese imports, and includes other electronic devices and components, including semiconductors, solar cells and memory cards.
The tariffs would have a major impact on American tech giants like Apple, which has 90% of its iPhone production and assembly based in China.
The new exemption applies to products that entered the United States or were removed from warehouses from 5 April.
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