US President says the country wants to manufacture its own electronic products
United States President Donald Trump (Republican Party), said on Sunday (13.br.2025) that the rate on imported semiconductors will be announced next week. According to him, there will be flexibility with some companies in the sector.
The Republican announced on Friday (11.abr). The guidance of includes exclusions to other electronic devices and components, such as semiconductors.
In a publication made on his profile at Truth Social, Trump stated that “” in the Friday announcement (11.abr). The US president said the products are migrating to a different tariff classification.
Shortly after making the post, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, that “It is necessary to show a certain flexibility”In the imposition of tariffs.
“We wanted to uncomplicate this [importações] for several other companies, because we want to manufacture our chips, semiconductors and other things in our own country”Said Trump, quoted by the agency.
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On Sunday (13.abr), US Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, in an interview with the program “This Week“His ABC News that a is “temporaryAnd should last 1 or 2 months.
The secretary’s statement is 2 days after the US government has announced that these technological products will be exempt from Trump’s tariffs on other countries. Like the Poder360exemptions could favor United States technology companies such as Nvidia, Dell and Apple.
According to Lutnick, national security items such as medicines and semiconductors will have a specific tariff policy. He argued that tax exempt products need to be manufactured in the United States.
Semiconductors that are produced in Taiwan and finished in China, such as those adopted by companies such as Apple, Microsoft and Nvidia, will be taxed.
“All these products [eletrônicos] They will be classified as semiconductors and will have a special type of rates to ensure they are repatriated. We need to have semiconductors, chips and panels. We need to be manufactured in the United States. We cannot depend on Southeast Asia for everything we have operating here”He said.
