After Apple committed to an additional $100 billion in US manufacturing spend and presented Trump with a trinket for his desk, the president declared that the company would be exempt from his planned 100% tariff on chips imported into the country.Apple chipmaker TSMC says it too will be exempt from these tariffs thanks to its plants in Arizona … Apple’s exemption from new chip tariffs Trump yesterday declared that he would be imposing an import tariff on chips of “approximately 100%.” However, after Apple provided him with a headline and a photo opp, he declared that the Cupertino company would be exempted.TSMC says it too will be exempt Given that pretty much every overseas chipmaker has some kind of presence in the US, it was unclear exactly which companies might be subjected to the upcoming tariff.
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