#USElectronicsTariffs

WASHINGTON.

The recent tariff exemption for some technological products will be short-lived, said senior U.S. officials, and President Donald Trump warns that "no one is exempt" from his measures while China demands complete suppression.

The United States seemed to slightly ease the pressure by announcing, in the last hour of Friday, exemptions for smartphones, laptops, semiconductors, and other electronic devices of which China is a major supplier.

However, Trump stated yesterday that there will be no "exception" from tariffs for those products, clarifying that they remain subject to a 20% levy in "a different tariff category."

"We are looking into semiconductors and the entire electronics supply chain in the upcoming National Security Tariff Investigations," said the president on his Truth Social network.

Trump indicated that today he would provide a "very specific" answer to the question about tariffs on semiconductors.

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick stated that tariffs on chips will likely take effect "in one or two months." He added that pharmaceutical products "would also be exempt from reciprocal tariffs."

Trump's tariffs "have not only failed to resolve any of the issues faced by the United States but have severely undermined the global economic and trade order," said the Ministry of Commerce of China in its statement.