Donald Trump is pushing to end US technical dependence on China as tariff releases in | Today news

In an effort to alleviate the pressure on US technical firms and reduce the dependence on China, the Trump administration excluded a series of electronics of new rates. The White House says companies like Apple and Nvidia are now accelerating plans to move manufacturing to the US. US President Donald Trump is talking to reporters while on April 11, 2025, on the Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (AFP) US President Donald Trump has emphasized that the United States cannot depend on China for essential technologies such as Semductors, Smartfones, and the whites, the White House on Saturday (items from steep new rates. National Security and Economic Resilience. to land, ”Leavitt said, noting that the effort is linked to a long -term strategy to rebuild America’s industrial base. Rates and recent releases The newly released items were previously subject to a punishment tariff of 145% on Chinese goods -part of a fatty trading policy aimed at addressing the Trump administration as unfair trading practices. These charges are above a 10% baseline rate on many foreign imports. On April 5, the US Customs and Border Protection issued a notice that lends exclusions to 20 electronics, retroactively to the same date. This includes products under tariff code 8471, which covers a wide range of computer-related goods, such as laptops, table computers, disk drive and data processing equipment, along with flat panel shows, semiconductor devices and memory discs. These goods are usually not manufactured on scale in the US, which are particularly difficult for US technical companies that rely on global supply chains. Technical firms get breathing room as the trade war stimulates, while the exemptions immediately provide relief to technical importers, the underlying tensions between the US and China remain unresolved. Beijing maintained retaliation tariffs, and the temporary reduction of 90 days in tariffs expanded to some other countries was not applied to China, which keeps uncertainty high. First published: 12 Apr 2025, 23:06 IST