Big Tech dealt blow as Lutnick warns US tariff exemption will only be brief
- Donald Trump signalled that smartphones and other consumer electronics imported to the US from China would face tariffs, dealing a blow to hopes of a reprieve for Big Tech companies such as Apple, Nvidia and Microsoft.
- “NOBODY is getting ‘off the hook’ for the unfair Trade Balances, and Non Monetary Tariff Barriers, that other Countries have used against us, especially not China which, by far, treats us the worst!” the US president wrote on his Truth Social platform.
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