Trump releases give 'Apple' and 'Invidia' an outlet of customs duties

The administration of US President Donald Trump has released smartphones, computers and other electronic devices from mutual customs, which is a major release for global technology manufacturers, including ‘Apple’ and ‘Invidia’, even if it proves to be a temporary exception. The exceptions, published late Friday by the US Customs and Protection Department, limit the scope of fees by excluding products from the customs definitions that Trump imposed, which is 125% on China, and the basic global definitions of almost all other countries. Exceptions will be applied to smartphones, laptops, hard drive, processors and memory disks. Usually these electronic devices are not made in the United States of consumption. This release will be welcomed by consumers, who have rushed to buy new iPhone phones and other devices amid fear that customs duties will set fire to prices. This news is also a big win for major technology companies that have made great issues in the United States in recent months. Trump’s customs duties have changed the global markets upside down, led to a wave of stock sales and set a rapidly rising trade war with China. This step is the first major relief in Trump’s position on China, and was performed retroactively until April 5. The White House: America will not rely on China to produce vital technologies, White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitte said: “President Trump emphasized that America cannot rely on China to produce biotechnologies:” For these reasons, chips, smartphones, smartphones and cellphone, and mobile computers, “and added:” to acquire technology companies in the world. “She said that these businesses” accelerate the transfer of their manufacturing operations to the United States. ” The release of customs duties is temporary, and exceptions stem from the initial order, which prevented the accumulation of additional customs duties on certain sectors above national rates. This exception indicates that the products are soon subject to another customer tariff, and this may probably be without the relationship designated for China. Products that will not be subject to the new Trump duties include the devices used to manufacture semiconductors. This will benefit the ‘Taiwan for the manufacture of semiconductor’, which has announced an important new investment in the United States, as well as manufacturers of other chips. The notice reads: “All the products classified in these terms from the mutual definitions will be excluded.” This step seems to be aimed at excluding products from the 10% basic customs tariffs of other countries, including the “Samsung Electronics” house in South Korea. The release of customs duties does not appear to be a separate tax imposed by Trump on China, which is 20% definitions imposed on Beijing to reduce the screws on fentanel, including the levy of raw materials. It also appears that the other previous drawings, including those that preceded the current state of Trump, were not affected. “The sound of the technological sector is heard in the United States, and despite the strong strong resistance to exemptions in the White House, the reality of the situation has recently been recognized in Washington,” but “there is still a state of uncertainty and volatility in negotiations with China.” The original list of releases for customs included some semiconductor products, including well -known CPU. However, the measures did not exclude technical products that are essential for the development of artificial intelligence, including graphic processing units, and the servers they support. The servers working with artificial intelligence are manufactured and composed of companies such as “inviteia” and their basic components mainly in Taiwan and Mexico. The Friday announcement will include the units produced in Taiwan and Mexico, which represents support for businesses trying to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States. Release of semiconductor manufacturers. It is also decisive. The new exemption for semiconductors manufacturing equipment produced by companies such as ASML in the Netherlands and Tokyo Electron in Japan. These devices are needed to build chips factories, and most of the costs of these factories are billions of dollars. Companies, including TSMC, Samsung and Intel, are building new facilities in the United States with the support of Freedom and Science Law for the year 2022. One of these sectoral exceptions was semiconductors, who promised Trump to more than one occasion to impose specific customs definitions on it. He has not done so yet, but the recent exceptions appear to be compatible with this release. Apple -Products released from fees includes this step from most Apple basic products from rising customs on China, including iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Air Tags. This step does not include “air pods”. Apple’s share has been sold since Trump’s announcement of customs duties. Discussions have become urgent over the past few days after Trump raised customs duties on China, which laid companies like ‘Apple’ in a more difficult position than its competitors who are less dependent on China, such as ‘Samsung’. Companies and pressure groups in the technology sector also argued that it is impossible to collect smartphones and other products to the United States, according to a person familiar with the discussions. The sectoral fees, but this step is also aimed at paving the new targeted sectoral definitions that are likely to affect the industry. The administration is expected to begin a new investigation into the import of semiconductors soon. It will eventually impose customs on chips within weeks. These drawings, such as those recently imposed on steel and aluminum, are likely to be imposed on products that include semiconductors, as well as the chips themselves. “The exceptions of the products came faster than expected,” says Windy Katener, the former US commercial negotiation now working at the Asian Society Policy Institute. She added that this step would have consequences for the negotiations launched by the Trump administration with other countries as part of the 90 -day suspension of some new customs tariffs. She added, “Other companies and countries are now strengthening their efforts to obtain special exceptions, which would last the ongoing negotiations 90 days ago.” So far, however, Trump -duties aimed at the sectors have been, although it is not clear, which is the percentage it will place on semiconductors and relevant products. It is also not clear how wide it is to apply these drawings. Representatives of the companies “Envenia” and “Asml Holding” refused to comment. The spokesman for the Tokyo electron did not immediately respond to asking for the remark. The US International Trade Committee, the US Trade Representative and the Ministry of Trade did not respond to the suspension requests.