Tariff exemptions, announced heading into the weekend , are likely to be temporary, US President Donald Trump confirmed in a post on Truth Social . He said the US was “taking a look at Semiconductors and the WHOLE ELECTRONICS SUPPLY CHAIN in the upcoming National Security Tariff Investigations”. That could be as early as next week — for now, semiconductors, computers and smartphones from China will still be subject to a 20% tariff (the base tariff is 10%) instead of the
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