President Donald Trump pledged he will still apply tariffs to phones, computers and popular consumer electronics, downplaying a weekend exemption as a procedural step in his overall push to remake U.S. trade.
The late Friday reprieve ¡ª exempting a range of popular electronics from 125% tariffs on China and a 10% flat rate around the globe ¡ª is temporary and a part of the longstanding plan to apply a different, specific levy to the sector. Trump doubled down on the plan Sunday.
"NOBODY is getting ¡®off the hook,¡¯¡± Trump said in a social media post Sunday, issued shortly after he finished his Sunday golf game. The exempted products are "just moving to a different Tariff ¡®bucket¡¯¡± and the administration will be "taking a look at Semiconductors and the WHOLE ELECTRONICS SUPPLY CHAIN,¡± he added.
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