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riversedge

(77,258 posts)
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 06:14 PM Aug 6

Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronics

Source: AP


By JOSH BOAK Updated 4:55 PM CDT, August 6, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will impose a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely raising the cost of electronics, autos, household appliances and other goods deemed essential for the digital age.

“We’ll be putting a tariff on of approximately 100% on chips and semiconductors,” Trump said in the Oval Office while meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook. “But if you’re building in the United States of America, there’s no charge.”

The Republican president said companies that make computer chips in the U.S. would be spared the import tax. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a shortage of computer chips increased the price of autos and contributed to an overall uptick in inflation.

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Demand for computer chips has been climbing worldwide, with sales increasing 19.6% in the year-ended in June, according to the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization..........................



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/apple-trump-computer-tariff-c01b5ce0265b0d294dd10b8966be4436?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6893cba5d8b7c500013aa8f7&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky



People are going to start noticing--even more-the higher prices of EVERYTHING!!
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Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronics (Original Post) riversedge Aug 6 OP
I was wondering what Der Dingleberry was going to turn Tim Cook's visit into... IthinkThereforeIAM Aug 6 #1
What an idiot... The Madcap Aug 6 #2
Fucking idiot. Oopsie Daisy Aug 6 #3
Republicans restrict the benefits of society to those who can afford it. bucolic_frolic Aug 6 #4
"But if you're building in the United States of America, there's no charge." speak easy Aug 6 #5
Trump stopped the funding on a multi billion dollar chip factory in Ohio. I think it was an Intel plant. Botany Aug 6 #6
Isn't there some court case re tariffs? RussBLib Aug 6 #7
There is a case on going Old Crank Aug 7 #16
Another brilliant economic plan. sinkingfeeling Aug 6 #8
How much would it cost and how long would it take to get a chip factory online? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 6 #9
Fab plants are expensive Metaphorical Aug 6 #14
3 to 5 years and 10 billion dollars Old Crank Aug 7 #17
FUCK!!! I'm still reeling from a 45% jump in component prices. Eugene Aug 6 #10
Yes! I just purchased a new Dell Win 11 desktop wolfie001 Aug 7 #18
What is with these understated euphemisms? ananda Aug 6 #11
The MSM has been doing that shit for the last 10+ years. It drives me fucking insane, especially since almost no one Karasu Aug 6 #13
Billionaires are their editors wolfie001 Aug 7 #19
Hey Tim Cook, Peter Thiel, Marc Andressen, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon... how do you all feel NOW about backing this shitbag? NEOBuckeye Aug 6 #12
But they dare not speak ill of Tangerine Palpatine RussBLib Aug 7 #20
Meanwhile the new Intel chip plant being built near Columbus Ohio is in trouble. mackdaddy Aug 6 #15

bucolic_frolic

(52,002 posts)
4. Republicans restrict the benefits of society to those who can afford it.
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 07:07 PM
Aug 6

Soon only households earning $250k and up will be able to buy much of anything.

speak easy

(12,319 posts)
5. "But if you're building in the United States of America, there's no charge."
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 07:36 PM
Aug 6

So way is the incentive for using American made chips?

Botany

(75,090 posts)
6. Trump stopped the funding on a multi billion dollar chip factory in Ohio. I think it was an Intel plant.
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:11 PM
Aug 6

Intel delays Ohio chip project again to 2031 The project, which was slated to begin operations in 2026,
is underway to meet surging demand for advanced semiconductors.

(Trump stopped it because it was part of Joe Biden’s Chips and science act.)

The $28 billion Ohio One project, which initially broke ground in September 2022, is part of Intel’s long-awaited effort to make the state one of the leading hubs for advanced semiconductor manufacturing.

At the time, the Biden administration touted Intel’s investment as a boon for the U.S. industry following the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act, which has provided billions of dollars in incentives to chipmakers for project funding. However, action on the project has been slow, with multiple delays due in part to changing corporate strategy, market dynamics and limited capital.

https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/intel-delays-new-albany-ohio-chip-manufacturing-project-again-2030-2031/741321/

RussBLib

(10,003 posts)
7. Isn't there some court case re tariffs?
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:17 PM
Aug 6

Trump does not have the authority to slap tariffs all over everything, and a court case is supposedly out there stating as such. Where the fuck is it?

Old Crank

(6,077 posts)
16. There is a case on going
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 03:36 AM
Aug 7

I believe the court is working on their dcision. The judges sounded sceptical towards the government arguements.

When a decision is rendered it will be appealed by the loosing side.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(127,543 posts)
9. How much would it cost and how long would it take to get a chip factory online?
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:55 PM
Aug 6

Does Shit-for brains know?

Metaphorical

(2,507 posts)
14. Fab plants are expensive
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 10:45 PM
Aug 6

$5 to $10 billion per plant and usually taking as much as a decade from inception to production.

What makes this even worse is that you need to have specialized equipment to create such a fab, and for the most part the US no longer manufactures that equipment directly, instead preferring to get it from South Korea or China.

This is going to be a stake to the heart of the AI industry.

Old Crank

(6,077 posts)
17. 3 to 5 years and 10 billion dollars
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 03:39 AM
Aug 7

Can be longer. that doesnot count the hiring and trainng of qualified workers which are haard to get in the US bcause we donot have much in the way of installed base to draw from.

Eugene

(66,217 posts)
10. FUCK!!! I'm still reeling from a 45% jump in component prices.
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:23 PM
Aug 6

Naturally, MF47 will proclaim that production will pivot to the U.S. overnight.

This tariff is going to raise the cost of everything.

wolfie001

(5,938 posts)
18. Yes! I just purchased a new Dell Win 11 desktop
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 06:23 AM
Aug 7

Just the box itself. And it was about $300 more than I thought it would be before I shopped around. Now they'll be double $? Stupid, bloated, orange imbecile.

ananda

(32,855 posts)
11. What is with these understated euphemisms?
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 10:10 PM
Aug 6

Reality: certain to make electronics and their repair
completely unaffordable for most people.

Karasu

(1,851 posts)
13. The MSM has been doing that shit for the last 10+ years. It drives me fucking insane, especially since almost no one
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 10:41 PM
Aug 6

calls them out on it.

wolfie001

(5,938 posts)
19. Billionaires are their editors
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 06:25 AM
Aug 7

They only push what they feel is good for Wall Street. Period.

NEOBuckeye

(2,894 posts)
12. Hey Tim Cook, Peter Thiel, Marc Andressen, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon... how do you all feel NOW about backing this shitbag?
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 10:21 PM
Aug 6

You guys in Silicon Valley got behind this bastard and backed him back into the White House. You thought he was going to open new markets for you. Instead, he's closing them down and needlessly killing industry after industry.

Some lot of geniuses you are.

RussBLib

(10,003 posts)
20. But they dare not speak ill of Tangerine Palpatine
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 03:42 PM
Aug 7

...or the mob will descend upon you.

Land of the free?
Home of the brave?

mackdaddy

(1,837 posts)
15. Meanwhile the new Intel chip plant being built near Columbus Ohio is in trouble.
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 10:47 PM
Aug 6

Construction started under the Biden Chips Act which Trump gutted just because, well Biden did it.

Intel: Ohio plant ‘likely’ canceled if company can’t get new manufacturing customers
NEW ALBANY, Ohio (WCMH) — Intel announced it will need to get external customers for its manufacturing division, or it may need to stop all work in Ohio.

Last week, Intel announced it is further slowing construction at its $28 billion manufacturing site in Licking County. Intel also said if it is unable to find external customers for a new manufacturing technology, it will likely have to stop all work in Ohio. The technology is called 14A and won’t debut until 2027, so Intel will have some time to try and acquire the customers it needs. See previous coverage of Intel’s slowed construction in the video player above.


https://www.nbc4i.com/intel-in-ohio/intel-ohio-plant-likely-canceled-if-company-cant-get-new-manufacturing-customers/
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