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Trump backs off on electronics tariffs (updated)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
  • Updated
  • 4 min

Reacting to continuing stock market woes and perhaps tech industry lobbying, U.S. President Donald Trump backed off on tariffs for electronics late last night.

In a document from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued on Friday, the U.S. has now exempted these consumer electronics, much of which are manufactured in China and subjected to 145% tariffs as well as a 10 percent global tariff. Semiconductors, which are used in just about everything as chips are the foundation of all electronic devices — will also be exempt.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.