These products are generally not made in the US, and starting domestic production would take years.
Without this exemption, the tariffs would have hit tech giants like Apple, which makes the iPhone and other devices in China, hard.
The administration of the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs, reports Bloomberg.
The exemptions, announced late last night by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, narrow the scope of the levies by excluding these products from Trump’s 125 percent tariff on China and his 10 percent base tariff on nearly all countries.
Exceptions apply to smartphones, laptops, hard drives and computer processors and memory chips.
Those products are generally not made in the US.
Starting domestic production would take years, the agency said.
Products that will not be subject to Trump’s new tariffs also include machinery used to manufacture semiconductors.
Without this exemption, the tariffs would have hit tech giants like Apple, which manufactures the iPhone and other devices in China, hard.