The United States Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, announced this Sunday that The tariff exemption recently applied to smartphones, computer components and semiconductors will be temporary. In an interview with the ABC News chain, Lutnick explained that these products will be incorporated into the semiconductor category and will be subject to a Specific lien shortly. “All these products will be included in the semiconductor category and will have a specific tariff. They will be included in semiconductor tariffs, which will probably enter into force in one or two months. So they will arrive soon,” he said.
Their statements arrive shortly after the United States Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP) notified of the exclusion of the ‘smartphones’, components of computers and semiconductor chips, among other electronic devices, of those known as “reciprocal tariffs.” This exemption applies to those products imported to the US and that have entered the North American country or left the stores in their places of origin from April 5, according to the notice published by CBP on Friday night.
The US presidentDonald Trumphe already assured this Saturday that on Monday he will talk about the possible application of semiconductor tariffs, in the midst of the commercial war that he maintains with China and the growing doubts about his erratic strategy in this field.
“We need semiconductors, chips and flat screens; We need these products to be manufactured in the United States. We cannot depend on Southeast Asia (…) Therefore, this is not a permanent exemption (…) It is a matter of national security that are manufactured in the United States, “Lutnick expanded this Sunday. This last week, Trump postponed the application of” reciprocal tariffs “90 days to negotiate with the countries involved, but set a base tax of 10 % to imports.
This helm, however, was not applied to China, to which Trump has increased these levies to 125%, plus another 20% tax that already weighed against him (145% in total), causing a proportional response of Beijing and the fear of a large -scale commercial war. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce valued the tariff exemption on electronics as a “Small step” for the United States “Correct his erroneous practice “to apply tariffs to the Asian giant, and urged Washinghton to” completely cancel “the encumbrances.
