Trump Administration Tariff: Trump warns

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik said on Sunday that the decision of the Trump administration was temporarily not permanent to get rid of the new import tariffs standing from electronics such as smartphones and laptops and the products would soon fall under a new policy targeting the semiconductor area.
“They are exempt from mutual tariffs, but they are involved in semiconductor tariffs, which are probably coming in a month or two,” Lutnik spoke to ABC’s ‘this week’, making it clear that brief relief for consumer electronics was just a break before a more targeted approach.
The White House on Friday excluded several electronics from the “mutual tariff” launched earlier this month, in a move that was expected to benefit technical giants such as Apple, Samsung and NVidia. The discount included equipment such as smartphones, laptops, flat-paanle monitors, hard drives and chips, according to an US customs and border security bulletin.
The semiconductor construction machines were also spared from the levy immediately.
But a few hours after the explanation of Lutnik, US President Donald Trump directly denied the idea of ​​any discount. In a post on Truth Social, he announced that no tariff was “exception”, saying that the goods were being taken into only a separate category and would still face 20% tariffs.
Trump wrote, “No one is getting off the hook.” “We will not be held hostage by other countries, especially hostile trading countries like China.”
According to AFP, the White House is now planning to launch a new wave. National security check For the purpose of comprehensive electronics and semiconductor supply chain, part of a push to resume major industries. Lutnik strengthened the scene, saying, “We need semiconductors … made in America. We may not depend on South East Asia for all the things that work for us.”
The temporary Reprive Trump comes as part of a misleading sequence of tariff changes by the administration, which creates equally uncertainty for companies and investors. Lutnik confirmed that the administration was building a separate tariff model to encourage semiconductors and pharmaceutical manufacturing in the US.
Some analysts saw Friday’s discount as a reaction to the response to the increasing technical costs. According to AP, the widespread tariff of administration stopped the market value of the “magnificent seven” of the technical industry – including apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, Meta, Alphabet and Amazon, with a decline of $ 2.1 trillion from 2 April from 2 April.
Meanwhile, China has urged the US to completely release tariffs. According to AFP, the Ministry of Commerce of Beijing stated that Friday’s exemption “represents a small step” and warned that the US should “completely cancel” its aggressive trade strategy.
While Trump has promised to provide more information on Monday, officials have confirmed that China has been excluded from any widespread tariff stagnation. According to AFP, there is no plan for talks between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping yet.
Trump is expected to clarify the administration’s stance on electronics and semi -circulars on Monday.