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Financial Times reporter covering trade under Trump's second presidency in Washington DC. [email protected].

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Aime Williams @aimewilliams.bsky.social · Apr 13

Howard Lutnick on Trump's smartphone, laptop tariffs exemption: “What he’s doing is he’s saying they’re exempt from the reciprocal tariffs. But they’re included in the semiconductor tariffs, which are coming in probably a month or two.”
www.ft.com/content/9038...

US tech tariff exemption may only be temporary, says Lutnick

Commerce secretary says products given reprieve will fall under separate regime

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Aslak Berg @aslak.bsky.social · Apr 12

The exclusion covers more than $300 billion worth of trade, including $100 billion from China, about a quarter of Chinese imports. It's a huge change and the put it out late on a Friday night with no press release

Aslak Berg @aslak.bsky.social · Apr 12

Trump blinks again: smart phones, laptops and at least some chips now exempt from the reciprocal tariffs, including (as I understand it) from China.

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Aime Williams @aimewilliams.bsky.social · Apr 12

Some big exemptions to Trump's reciprocal tariffs here, notably on consumer goods like smartphones, laptops, earphones etc. Big win for US tech, esp Apple. www.ft.com/content/3eb4...