The Trump administration exempts smartphones, laptops, hard drives, processors, memory chips, and machines used to make semiconductors from “reciprocal tariffs”

President Donald Trump's administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs …

Bloomberg 2025-04-13

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@pcdoherty Peter Doherty on bluesky
Actions have consequences. Might this have been thought through? This is what what happens when there is no mechanism for poviding 'frank & fearless" advice? Might it just be possible that a ‘bullied country’ just decides to take the hit & not supply the products? www.bbc.com/…
@gossjam James Goss on bluesky
İ love this Tariff Policy. İt's so simple and clearly executed and not at all like a twink loading a dishwasher. — www.bbc.com/news/article...
@smeagol92055 @smeagol92055 on bluesky
He's going to slowly roll back everything to 0% worldwide and then say that he accomplished the greatest bargaining feat the world has ever seen. — www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/t...
@crampell Catherine Rampell on bluesky
Commerce Sec Lutnick promised Chinese jobs “screwing in little, little screws to make iPhones” would be moved here. Treasury Sec Bessent said American dream was not cheap “flatscreens” — And yet here we are: first China tariff exemptions are for iPhones & flatscreens — www.c…
@muellershewrote.com @muellershewrote.com on bluesky
Someone should check which Trump allies and members of Congress bought Apple/tech stock on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/t...
@chrisdornan Christopher Dornan on bluesky
Just to be mischievous minxes, the Chinese should slap punishing export taxes on cell phones and their components. Then remove them a few days later. Then reimpose them. They could spin a big wheel to see how much the export taxes should be, as in The Price Is Right.
@noturtlesoup17 Amanda Moore on bluesky
I really need a new phone with more storage for video, so on one hand — thank you Tim Apple. On the other hand... 😢
@phillipspobrien Phillips OBrien on bluesky
Another big fold by Trump in his insane tariff war. Looks like electronics are exempt. More and more the pointlessness of his destruction of American reliability and trustworthiness is made clear. It seems uniquely designed to weaken the USA. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/t...
@warren.senate.gov Elizabeth Warren on bluesky
Apple CEO Tim Cook donated $1 million to Donald Trump's inauguration. — Looks like he's getting a big return on his investment.
@stephentotilo Stephen Totilo on bluesky
Though I enjoy Blue Prince, I don't enjoy looking up tariff exception product codes. Not quite as fun — content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/ gd...
@sandertordoir Sander Tordoir on bluesky
First fold wasn't enough, and left US tariffs still at extremely high level. The bond market didn't like it, now further rollbacks are en route. — This'll be a messy ride. — www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@gdp1985 Gerard DiPippo on bluesky
I would interpret the US tariff exemptions primarily as an attempt to mitigate the impact on electronics and consumers more than as a signal of a US-China deal. The exempted categories cover about 22% of US imports from China. content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/ gd... [image]
@bgrueskin Bill Grueskin on bluesky
The ROI on Tim Cook's $1 million donation to the Trump inauguration is astronomical www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/t...
@iamfreetobeme Dianne Dupuis on bluesky
He's protecting technology and his tech brothers.
@michaelcaley Michael Caley on bluesky
they simply don't understand what the costs of tariffs will be — you can hide the headline costs of iPhones and laptops but the effects on all prices, not to mention production itself, via supply chains can't be handled by one time exemptions and bribery www.bloomberg.com/news/ar…
@nosunkcosts @nosunkcosts on bluesky
All the downsides of tariff uncertainty, none of the revenue [embedded post]
@jaec @jaec on bluesky
1. Tariffs for everything. — 2. Some exemptions. — 3. Profit (corruption). [embedded post]
@whetmoser.com Whet Moser on bluesky
guess we're not building iPhones anymore www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@danielzhao Daniel Zhao on bluesky
just spinning a big raffle wheel to decide what the new tariff policy announced each day will be
@monhegan @monhegan on bluesky
Trump rolls out massive tariffs, freaks out markets, then starts carving out exceptions for chips, phones, laptops—like it was always part of the plan. He's flailing, but pretending it's strategy. Big, bold chaos followed by quiet backpedaling. Every move is damage control dre…
@scottlincicome Scott Lincicome on bluesky
Tim Apple wins again: “Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs” www.bloomberg.com/news/article... [image]
@christianh Christian Heinzel on bluesky
I missed it in the earlier CBP guidance, but the 125% are on top of the original feb/March 20% — Also more de minimis coming over 2 months — www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... [image]
@chadpbown.com Chad P. Bown on bluesky
Here is Trump Executive Order PAUSING tariffs on trade surplus countries & RAISING trade surplus tariffs on China to 125% (from 84%) — Note: — US-China tariff chart to be updated soon — Yesterday's crazy high tariffs on rest of world were only suspended on Apr 10 - ie, were i…
@christianh Christian Heinzel on bluesky
The funniest part is that this is the April 8th EO and the April 9th EO only publicised today actually increased all of these by a 3rd again, so 200 USD or 120% — www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... [embedded post]
@lookitup.baby Ian Coldwater on bluesky
It keeps getting worse. As of the newest EO they increased this rate AGAIN so as of June 1, you as an individual in the US receiving a package from China will be paying fees of $200 per package or 120% of its value. — So that $3 component you ordered? It's a $203 component no…
@joeycastillo@mastodon.social Joey Castillo on mastodon
LOL: the mad king did, in fact, change his mind again, presumably because Tim Cook called to lick the boot. Ironically, bare printed circuit boards (8534) are seemingly not going to be exempt, but populated PCBA assemblies (8471) ARE exempt — seemingly even from the 25% that we …
@gwhitta Gary Whitta on threads
If they were serious about building iPhones in America, why did they just exempt smartphones from the China tariffs? Oh right, they didn't think any of this through.
@carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on threads
Tim Cook is worth his paycheck just from how much he's managed to keep Apple's business safe from Trump's tariffs across two terms. The Services/AirPods/Watch business growth is just icing on the cake.
@carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on threads
It didn't even last a week and the tariffs against China are beginning to crumble with smartphones, PCs, servers, and other tech products being exempted. Sucks for the small business owners who aren't big enough to lobby for their own exemptions. Welcome to the coin operated pr…
@tradingthomas3 Tom on x
Apple was getting bid up like crazy yesterday, don't tell me this wasn't leaked, all bunch of crooks. [image]
@nicknotned Nick Denton on x
Anybody else noticing? MAGA is awful quiet on the timelines today. The intellectual sympathizers haven't been seen for a while, since this phony war started. But now the MAGA hardcore are silent or posting tangentially. My For You is dominated by conservatives — ridiculing this
@dkthomp Derek Thompson on x
Pic 1: major fastener (nuts, bolts, screws, nails) manufacturer in the US says price increases coming 2: more US importers telling Flexport they're looking to move manufacturing overseas This is what round-kicking ourselves in the face looks like. [image]
@teroterotero Tero Kuittinen on x
If Xi waits for Monday market bounce to really get raging... and then announces export taxes for iPhones and Tesla batteries... let's say, 11 AM EST... oh man... because he got the cards now. All the cards. We showed our weakness to him. We can only beg for mercy from China.
@levie Aaron Levie on x
Someone who believes in these tariffs, and who has a grasp of microeconomics, please explain what they imagine a businesses will do if China uniquely supplies a component that is critical and uneconomical right now. What do you do as that entrepreneur?
@natesilver538 Nate Silver on x
Also, it obviously undercuts your negotiating position when you negotiate against yourself. Which is why this is probably more of a capitulation / acknowledgment of political constraints than last week. Markets likely prefer capitulation > negotiation, though. [image]
@natesilver538 Nate Silver on x
Traditional markets aren't open, but recession chances lower on the news in prediction markets. https://polymarket.com/... [image]
@loganbartlett Logan Bartlett on x
Frustrated I spent the whole week practicing screwing in little iPhone screws.
@zerohedge @zerohedge on x
Trump's administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from reciprocal tariffs in win for Apple.
@davegreenidge57 @davegreenidge57 on x
Trump just blinked. Here's a list of Chinese electronic products that he exempted from tariffs, late last evening. So, no. You're not going to have to pay double for your next mobile phone or tablet. He's also just exposed to Beijing exactly where our trade weaknesses are. [image…
@spencerhakimian Spencer Hakimian on x
Bitcoin reacting very positively to Trump's cave on chips, smartphones, and laptops. Slowly but surely. Halfway down the off ramp already. [image]
@natesilver538 Nate Silver on x
This is our biggest category of imports from China, so I think it's probably right to think of it as a pretty significant signal of de-escalation rather than a narrow carve-out. [image]
@haykodarb Hayk Darbinyan on x
4th option: just wait 3 days [image]
@maxwelltani Max Tani on x
The Trump administration moving closer to toward what I believe is the ideal China tariff policy: Zero tariffs on any Chinese imports except Fear of God Essentials.
@josephpolitano @josephpolitano on x
I made a chart to illustrate some of the insane tariff shifts over the last two weeks—imagine trying to run an electronics business when the cost of video game consoles doubles in one week and the tariff on Phones goes up 62% over two days then right back down 62% the next day [i…
@billackman Bill Ackman on x
The exemptions are an olive branch by @realDonaldTrump to China, an opportunity to begin de-escalation.
@spencerhakimian Spencer Hakimian on x
So let's just get this crystal clear. If somebody is trying to manufacture a laptop in the U.S., the components that they import are going to be tariffed at 145%. But if somebody simply makes the laptop entirely in China, they are fully tariff free? And this is all to bring
@spencerhakimian Spencer Hakimian on x
Main Street not Wall Street [image]
@artcandee Art Candee on x
Marjorie Taylor Greene buying Apple, Pi, Qualcomm, Dell, Amazon, and Lam stocks seems a lot more sus before the tariff exemptions on electronics components, smartphones, semiconductors, and computers. Martha Stewart would like a word. [image]
@devahaz Deva Hazarika on x
Will those Main Street small businesses get a break from tariffs too? [image]
@geiger_capital @geiger_capital on x
Smartphones and computers are China's largest export to the United States... Now exempt from tariffs. [image]
@mattyglesias Matthew Yglesias on x
https://x.com/... [image]
@armanddoma Armand Domalewski on x
everything is computer [image]
@birdyword Mike Bird on x
Smart move from the administration here 👇. They could go even further by exempting all products used by American consumers and businesses, to put the full squeeze of the tariffs firmly on China.
@sruhle Stephanie Ruhle on x
IMPORTANT: This week Sec Lutnick said there would be NO exemptions. That has changed. We are now exempting phones, computers. Chip making. In other words 40 % of what China exports to us.👇🏼
@nikitabier Nikita Bier on x
And just like that, the trade war is officially over. The only thing subject to the tariffs will now be Temu slop. [image]
@arpitrage Arpit Gupta on x
Giving China incentives to export tariff-free electronics and computers, while continuing to tariff their low-end apparel, is industrial policy which benefits China in continuing to upgrade export complexity
@justinwolfers Justin Wolfers on x
Whether you love or hate tariffs, you can't help but be impressed at the detailed policy planning, the transparency of the policy process, the credibility of Administration announcements, relentless attention to detail, flawless execution, and the thoughtful predictability that
@morningbrew @morningbrew on x
NEW THIS MORNING: Smartphones, computers and other electronics will be exempt from Trump's reciprocal tariffs Somewhere, Tim Cook rejoices [image]
@geiger_capital @geiger_capital on x
Jeff Bezos walking into the White House after hearing Tim Cook got a tariff exemption first. [image]
@cramertracker Inverse Cramer on x
One day later and the tariffs are removed Jim Cramer is unstoppable [image]
@cullenroche Cullen Roche on x
China tariff changes in the last 10 days: April 2: 54% April 8: 104% April 9: 145% April 12: Exempts electronics bringing average weighted rate back to 104%. My head is spinning.
@mikealfred Mike Alfred on x
BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Bessent was instrumental in getting President Trump to back down on Chinese phone and computer tariffs after multiple calls with Apple CEO Tim Cook and other CEOs. Navarro and Lutnick sidelined and Navarro likely to be fired as scapegoat - SOURCES
@jdcmedlock James Medlock on x
It's so funny to exempt high tech final manufactured goods while keeping tariffs on manufacturing inputs. Just zero concern for actually helping US manufacturers.
@faisalislam Faisal Islam on x
Well, well, well. US customs messaging note quietly slipped out last night shows that smartphones, the number 1 Chinese export to the US by value last year, exempted from the 125% tariff... alongside chips, processors, wafers, lcd panels, LEDs etc... 8517.13.00.00 Smartphones [im…
@josephpolitano @josephpolitano on x
YOU MOTHERFUCKER I WAS LITERALLY 15 MINUTES AWAY FROM PUBLISHING AN ARTICLE NOW I HAVE TO RUN THE ANALYSIS ALL OVER AGAIN TOOK YOU TEN DAYS TO REMEMBER WHAT A SMARTPHONE WAS AND GIVE TIM APPLE HIS BRIBERY EXEMPTION, MEANWHILE YOU STILL HAVEN'T FUCKING EXEMPTED BANANAS
@joecarlsonshow Joseph Carlson on x
A day ago Chamath defended the harsh tariffs on China. Now that a huge portion of them are removed he will defend them being removed and explain how this was a great strategic move. If they were doubled, instead of removed, he would explain doubling them is the best move.
@josephpolitano @josephpolitano on x
A helpful guide to the current state of US trade policy: [image]
@armanddoma Armand Domalewski on x
tariffing input goods but excluding finished computers, phones, etc, puts US manufacturers at a distinct *disadvantage* to Chinese manufacturers now, no?
@mattyglesias Matthew Yglesias on x
Truly the meme of the year. [image]
@dougboneparth Douglas A. Boneparth on x
We will tariff China on everything but the 99% of what we import! [image]
@jordihays Jordi Hays on x
Won't be needing this anymore [image]
@mattyglesias Matthew Yglesias on x
If you're a business owner who doesn't have Tim Cook's clout or Apple's lobbying budget, you're out of luck I guess.
@sruhle Stephanie Ruhle on x
Given this enormous win for tech companies... will the SEC be looking at trading volumes/timeline yesterday to ensure no one was tipped off abt today's announcement? (Separately:Also good news for U.S. consumers.)
@armanddoma Armand Domalewski on x
something very funny about making your entire brand “The Art of the Deal” and then just spend your entire life catastrophically fucking up Deals
@nikitabier Nikita Bier on x
For the love of God, we need to stop the insider trading in the Trump Administration. I'm happy we're walking back the tarriffs but this is turning into a full blown kleptocracy. Millions of dollars of AAPL call positions were opened right up until the electronics exemption. [ima…
@teroterotero Tero Kuittinen on x
And now he needs to show he is tough. By hurting the closest allies of America as much as possible. On and on and on.
@armanddoma Armand Domalewski on x
right now, if I import the parts to make a computer, I pay a massive tariff, but if I import the fully assembled computer, I get no tariff. truly a genius plan to reshore manufacturing
@nicknotned Nick Denton on x
Time for a call. 81 days: that is how long Trump's golden age lasted. Deportations now paused for agricultural and hotel workers. Musk's chainsaw slashing of the federal bureaucracy replaced by departmental “scalpel”. And as of this morning, surrender in the tariff war.
@typesfast Ryan Petersen on x
So we're exempting all advanced electronics from Chinese tariffs and putting a 125 pct tariff on textiles and toys?
@levie Aaron Levie on x
@typesfast Who needs small businesses anyway
@lewis_goodall Lewis Goodall on x
The great climbdown continues. [image]
@birdyword Mike Bird on x
If you were running a secret strategy to undermine American manufacturing, exempting popular finished consumer goods from tariffs and keeping them in place for intermediate goods, capital goods and raw materials would be a good way to go about it.
@justinwolfers Justin Wolfers on x
Here we go. High tariffs for everyone except those who curry favor with the king. Lesson: It's more important to compete at Mar-a-Lago than in the market.
@robertgkepes Robert Kepes on x
@selinawangtv Trump had to back down b/c Apple, Samsung, Dell were not going to move manufacturing to the US from the Far East. Phone and computer prices would have gone up by 30% - 50% = a consumer revolt. Trump is making it up as he goes along = business uncertainty = no capita…
@selinawangtv Selina Wang on x
Breaking: The Trump administration is exempting smartphones, computers, and other electronics from his reciprocal tariffs. The exemptions also include solar cells, flat panel TV displays, flash drives, computer processors, memory chips, etc. https://content.govdelivery.com/ ...
@sruhle Stephanie Ruhle on x
So these exemptions on electronics from China... Is this how we should see it? “We are imposing a 145% tariff on all Chinese goods -except what we buy.” Good news for Apple & the US consumer. How does this impact the “trade war” with China?
@rpsagainsttrump @rpsagainsttrump on x
So I guess we're not going to manufacture iPhones in the United States after all, despite what Howard Lutnick said just a few days ago [video]
@ernietedeschi Ernie Tedeschi on x
Reupping this paper for no reason at all. Tariff exemptions, and rejection of exemptions, are correlated with firm-level political connections. https://papers.ssrn.com/... [image]
@geiger_capital @geiger_capital on x
*TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EXEMPTED SMARTPHONES, COMPUTERS AND OTHER ELECTRONICS FROM RECIPROCAL TARIFFS So... Apple won't be onshoring? Trump continues caving left and right. [image]
@idothethinking Darrell Owens on x
Trump's just schizophrenically negotiating with himself while Xi and the Chinese just ignore him.
@johncoogan John Coogan on x
Tim Cooked
@hasanthehun @hasanthehun on x
excellent move, china will be destroyed any day now !
@armanddoma Armand Domalewski on x
So to be clear, the current Trump administration plan is now to let China do advanced electronics manufacturing while we “reshore”...textiles and coffee production? [image]
@josephpolitano @josephpolitano on x
Trump exempting computers & phones from the tariffs today means that Chinese-made laptops now have lower tariffs than European Cars, Mexican Steel, & Canadian Lumber Also means Vietnamese-made laptops have a lower tariff than Ethiopian coffee, Indian tea, & Guatemalan bananas
@teroterotero Tero Kuittinen on x
He is giving Communist China sweetheart deals over Canada and Europe...
@josephpolitano @josephpolitano on x
Import Chinese battery: 145% tariff Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
@pt Parker on x
I guess we don't want those jobs in America.
@zhao_dashuai Zhao DaShuai on x
Trump folded behind closed doors. The exception includes phones, computers and other selected electronic products mostly from China. This is Trump bending over for big tech, now he has to end all tariffs and do what's right for small and medium businesses in the US. [image]
@joannastern Joanna Stern on x
That made-in-America iPhone definitely happening now [image]
@danprimack Dan Primack on x
Trump blinks again https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @technology
@jonathanchait Jonathan Chait on x
The real goal of Trump's tariff system is to consolidate power through the granting of exceptions [image]
@dimi Demetri on x
Paging all trade geeks. Here's the list of codes for products that Trump is exempting from reciprocal tariffs. https://content.govdelivery.com/ ...
@teroterotero Tero Kuittinen on x
Aaand somebody likely was doing inside trading on this surrender to Xi last night. LOL... LMFAO, even.
@alessiotmad Alessio on x
Crazy amount of order blocks in $AAPL after hours 👀11B$ Stock screener almost ready now time to drain liquidity. [image]
@josephpolitano @josephpolitano on x
Checked the official list, it's insane that they're exempting smartphones and laptops but not video game consoles. Literal anti-gamer-aktion. (I mean the bigger issue is why haven't you exempted bananas but I guess that one is still too complicated for Howard Lutnick to grasp)
@yeselson Richard Yeselson on x
Trump's tariff originalism is similar to the famous, conservative legal version: if he actually rigorously adheres to it, he would destroy his own political project. But if he finds “exceptions” to prevent that, he's just being expedient and he's not adhering to it.
@mattbruenig Matt Bruenig on x
[Sighing, balling up paper that says New Business Idea — open smartphone factory in America] on to something else
@mattyglesias Matthew Yglesias on x
Good for Tim Cook, but if the way to keep your business viable is to lobby/cajole Donald Trump for tariff exemptions then the whole thing becomes at best a protection racket for large incumbent businesses and at worst an orgy or corruption.
@jessesingal Jesse Singal on x
One thing to threaten the global economy because you have a strong theory about how international trade should be organized. It's another to threaten the global economy while bouncing around aimlessly like an ADD-addled toddler. There's no there there. Morons all the way down.
@keithmancuso Keith Mancuso on x
Trump caves on most Chinese tariffs without even talking to China.
@petespiliakos Peter Spiliakos on x
We're gonna exempt Chinese computer and smartphone manufacturing from tariffs, but you betcha we're gonna tariff Vietnam's tee shirt industry back to the good old U. S. of A.
@besttrousers Matt Darling on x
Ok, but at least people will start investing in The American Halloween Decoration Industry.
@aaronblake Aaron Blake on x
Lutnick 5 days ago said smartphone manufacturing was coming to the U.S. because of tariffs. Now we learn smartphones are excluded from the tariffs. [image]
@zac_petkanas Zac Petkanas on x
So huge companies run by billionaires with large teams of lobbyists can get their products exempted. But what about small business owners who have had their livelihoods destroyed in the last week?
@pewilliams_ Paul E Williams on x
I literally just closed on a loan to open an iPhone factory what am I supposed to do now
@jamessurowiecki James Surowiecki on x
I'm obviously glad someone in the Trump administration has sense. But they are such jokers. “We are going to isolate China and punish it. But not when it comes to selling us smartphones and all computer products - which are the most valuable consumer products we buy from China.”
@historyboomer Carl on x
Raise tariffs on the world to protect American industry!—world tariffs down for 90 days because I made a deal [what deal?] the best deal!—but China tariffs stay to protect American industry—China must surrender!—no tariffs on computers—I made a great deal the best deal!—wheeeeee!
@travisyost Travis Yost on x
Five days ago Lutnick (absolute psycho) was saying the exact opposite. The details of this tariff “plan” change hourly. Incoherent.
@dkthomp Derek Thompson on x
Imagine trying to manage a supply chain right now. Every 48 hours, the White House is announcing, or un-announcing, or re-announcing, or creating massive carve outs to, a new trade rule. Why would anyone anywhere build a new factory under these conditions?
@mooremorrissemi Moore Morris on x
Smartphone exempted from tariff under 8517.13.00 and PC exempted under 8471. This could extend the upcycle longer. Was worried about the pull-in demand for PC and smartphone under the 90 days pause. Inventory buildup leads to future correction https://content.govdelivery.com/ ...
@dkaushik96 Divyansh Kaushik on x
Two days after this tweet, CBP excluded almost everything relevant for AI development from reciprocal tariffs. Guidance went live yesterday. https://content.govdelivery.com/ ... [image]
@scottlincicome Scott Lincicome on x
Tim Apple wins again: “Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs” https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]
@nmf_bru @nmf_bru on x
So China's biggest exports to US are exempted.
@scottlincicome Scott Lincicome on x
MAGA (and certain Trump admin officials) spent days saying we're def gonna make iPhones in America, and then this leaks out on a Friday night. 🤣
@danpfeiffer Dan Pfeiffer on x
The tariffs are another way for Trump to shake down American companies, reward his friends and punish his enemies
@mohit_emkay Mohit Kalra on x
@markgurman That is a brilliant news, and it would be beneficial for so many small, medium and large organisations across the world. Thank goodness! It is a moment to celebrate in a subtle manner, and hope things improve from here for a greater good for people at large. Thank you…
@seanobannon_ Sean O'Bannon on x
@markgurman tim apple deserves every cent of his paycheck on this one
@confusedsith N Bot on x
Hash tag Tim Cook is not “innovative” lmao.
@anthonydelage Anthony Delage on x
The irony is that semiconductors are one of the strategic manufacturing areas the US should be trying hardest to repatriate. Instead, they incentivize even more Chinese comparative advantage. Great job Donald, ya fuckin' monkey.
@morqon Morgan on x
tim cook's $1 million donation paid off
@modestproposal1 @modestproposal1 on x
Wow what a lucky break for the people gunning Apple yesterday
@jraines Jeremy on x
Cleared an irresponsible Apple cart phew
@itsandrewjude Andrew Jude on x
Tim Cook the GOAT
@rjunkapoor Arjun on x
That and US demand being ~covered by India et al is probably why AAPL is back at $200
@realjimchanos James Chanos on x
So we won't be assembling smartphones here, after all...?!
@teroterotero Tero Kuittinen on x
Woah - he just gave China a huge win without a phone call with Xi. Just backed down. Tariffs really are gonna be changing every day.
@nkulw Noah Kulwin on x
In latest escalation of trade war Trump announces devastating new tariff against China with... exemptions for the most in-demand consumer products from China
@divestech Dan Ives on x
Finally the news US tech investors were dreaming of...chips/smartphones/computers exempt from tariffs. US Big Tech spoke and the White House made the right move at the right time. Massive relief for market and tech stocks into Sunday night 🏆👇🐂 [image]
@charlesarthur Charles Arthur on x
What about games consoles though? Also TVs, they're like (or are) computer monitors? Perhaps hi-fi systems, they're sort of computer-y? Do wireless earbuds count? How about Sonos gear, those are PCs really with a big speaker?
@dimi Demetri on x
BIG DEAL - Trump excludes smartphones, PCs and laptops from reciprocal tariffs. https://www.ft.com/...
@markgurman Mark Gurman on x
BREAKING: President Donald Trump's administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs in win for Apple (and shoppers). This lowers the China tariff from 125%. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
@benthompson Ben Thompson on x
Tim Cook earned his paycheck
@tianan_ @tianan_ on x
According to CSMS #64724565, products classified under HTSUS codes are excluded from reciprocal tariffs imposed under Executive Order 14257. The list includes: 8471: Automatic data processing machines (computers/PCs) 8517.13.00: Smartphones 8541/8542: Semiconductor devices
@mgsiegler M.G. Siegler on x
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AAPL back on the menu guys!
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs.
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
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Tariff already exempted for chips/computers/phones
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
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Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
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Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
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U.S. announces tariff exclusions on Chinese smartphones, computers, chips
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Most GME products will be exempt from tariffs!
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
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Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
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Zulieferer von Apple & NVIDIA aus den Zöllen ausgenommen
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Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from tariffs
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tarriffs
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Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariff
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Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
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Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
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Trump exempts hard drives from reciprocal tariffs
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Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
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Tariffs will now exempts phones, computers and chips
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Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs
r/Quebec r on reddit
Les États-Unis exemptent l'électronique de leurs tarifs réciproques
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Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
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Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips From ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
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US announces pause on Chinese reciprocal tariffs for smartphones, computers, and integrated circuits
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CSMS # 64724565 - UPDATED GUIDANCE - Reciprocal Tariff Exclusion for Specified Products; April 5, 2025 Effective Date
r/ScottGalloway r on reddit
Scott Called it: Apple (and other electronics) exempted from tariffs
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U.S. Announces Reciprocal Tariff Exemptions for Smartphones,Computers, and Integrated Circuits
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U.S. Announces Reciprocal Tariff Exemptions for Smartphones, Computers, and Integrated Circuits
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Apparently all Apple related supply chain are now exempted from tariffs... Anyone bought yesterday?
@drdoofenschmirtz @drdoofenschmirtz on bluesky
Only 45 more months of this uncertainty, assuming we have elections in 2026 &. 2028. — Good job Wall Street!!! You got your guy
@godlessatheist Glenn Wright on bluesky
I think they have a name for the kind of market this bullshit is helping to establish as the new American go-to for consumption. It's called the black market.
@zerohedge @zerohedge on x
Howard Lutnick tells ABC that tariff exemptions for electronics are only temporary, and these items would be subject to “semiconductor tariffs” that will likely come in “a month or two”: ABC
@nicknotned Nick Denton on x
I get that Trump likes his ministers to fight it out, before picking his position of the day. Free speech and all that. But I think the idea is vigorous debate — in PRIVATE — and then public unanimity. You know, China style!
@danprimack Dan Primack on x
Trump econ advisors on the Sunday shows [image]
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Commerce Secretary Lutnick says tariff exemptions for electronics are only temporary
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Commerce Secretary Lutnick says tariff exemptions for electronics are only temporary
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Commerce Secretary Lutnick says tariff exemptions for electronics are only temporary
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Trump says he will provide more info on chips tariffs on Monday
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Trump says he will provide more info on chips tariffs on Monday
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[Reuters] Trump says he will provide more info on chips tariffs on Monday
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Trump says he will provide more info on chips tariffs on Monday

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