THE electronic devices imported into United States will be exempt from duties mutuals of the American president Donald Trump. This was reported by a notice published last night by US Customs and Border Protection which refers to smartphone, computer monitor and various others electronic components. An exemption that applies to products that enter the United States or that are removed from the warehouses starting from April 5thaccording to the notice.
The decision comes after theTrump Administration has imposed an in recent daystariff rate minimum of 145% on Imported Chinese products in the USA, challenge to Beijing which as a side effect would have had a significant impact on giants of technology as Applewhich they produce iPhone and other products in China. About the 90% from the production and of theassembly Apple’s iPhone takes place in the Asian countryaccording to the estimates of Wedbush Securitiesthe rest in India. But also the Vietnam It emerges among the countries manufacturing cheaper. Contropoint Researcha company that monitors the global smartphone shipmentsestimated that Apple has up to six weeks of stocks in the United States. Once exhausted the Boomerang decision of Trump would lead to a Increase in prices.
However, decision announced already yesterday when the president had declared to journalists on theAir Force One that there may be possible exclusions to his generalized bodies. «There may be a couple of exceptions for obvious reasons, but I would say that the 10% represents a minimum limit», Trump said that he had also been warned in advance by economists that the cost of the duties would certainly have impactful in the end on consumers. A fear that in the meantime had pushed many Americans to buy luxury goodslike cars and electronics.
If Trump is convinced that i duties they will bring more jobs in the sector manufacturing in the United States, reversing a decades of declineit is also true that some products They cannot be easily made or found in the USA. Semiconductors And microchip they are the most contracted at Asian factoriesalso due to lower costs.
The decision to exempt them from duties will therefore help i Asian chip producerslike Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)the South Korean Samsung And SK Hynix. Although TSMC is building production plants of chips in Arizona.
Despite theescalation between the two main ones World Economic PowersTrump has already been said “optimistic»Regarding a Agreement with Beijingaccording to what reported by White house. “The president clarified that he was very open to the idea of an agreement with the China», Said the Karoline Leavitt presidential spokesperson.