“Trump’s planned 100% computer chip tariff sparks confusion among businesses and trading partners”
“(AP) - President Donald Trump’s plans for 100% tariffs on computer chips that aren’t made in the U.S. are stoking confusion among businesses and trading partners”The U.S. imports a relatively small number of chips because most of the foreign-made chips in a device — from an iPhone to a car — were already assembled into a product, or part of a product, before it landed in the country.”
“The real question everybody in the industry is asking is whether there will be a component tariff, where the chips in a device would require some sort of separate tariff calculation,” said Martin Chorzempa, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.”
https://www.wcax.com/2025/08/07/trumps-planned-100-computer-chip-tariff-sparks-confusion-among-businesses-trading-partners/
Typical Trump, big photo op, early boasting, but little detail or specifics, leaving those effective the most wondering and waiting for guidance that will never arrive
Thank God for Biden’s Chip Act, otherwise, vital chip making in America would be lacking for decades


