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Chip tariffs could be around the corner as the US starts to probe the 'effects on national security' of foreign semiconductor production

Just as cheap graphics cards are about to launch, too. They sure do know how to pick their moment.

PC Gamer

Beijing slams Trump 'blackmail' after White House document sparks confusion over '245% tariffs' on China

The US President has ordered a probe into potential new tariffs on all US critical minerals imports

Evening Standard

Tech moguls who invested in Greenland mining also gave Trump campaign $243m: report

Troubling links tie tech money to both Greenland and Trump. The tech industry desperately needs the rare earth minerals on the island, while Trump repeatedly threatens to take over the territory

The Independent UK

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Steve Bannon wants nearly ‘unmitigated disaster’ Commerce Secretary Lutnick yanked off media

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has gushed about the coming glory days when ‘millions’ of Americans will soon be screwing screws into cell phones thanks to Trump tariffs

The Independent UK

Trump’s tariff policy is like Debashish Mohanty’s swing – unpredictable and accidental

Any minute now I'm expecting all hell to break loosePeople are crazy and times are strangeI'm locked in tight, I'm out of rangeI used to care, but things have changed.– Bob Dylan, Things Have Changed, Wonder BoysMaine revolver pehli baar uthaya hai…lekin itna jaanta hoon ki trigger dabane se goli…

Newslaundry

Trump Escalates Trade Fight With China, Citing National Security Concerns Over Chips

Trump plans new semiconductor tariffs on China, citing national security and pushing for U.S. chip production.

Latin Times

Bad news — iPhone tariff exemption is only temporary according to US Commerce Secretary

You thought iPhones would be saved from tariff-induced price hikes? Apparently you (and we) were wrong.

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Trump Tariff Exemption for Phones, Laptops Only Temporary: POTUS Wants Them 'to Be Built in America'

The Commerce Secretary has revealed that the current exemption on Trump's tariffs is only temporary and will come back soon.

International Business Times

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says tariff exemption on electronic devices is temporary and semiconductor duties will come in ‘a month or two’

Lutnick referred to the new tariffs as “duties on semiconductors,” but they will span across other tech imports.

Fortune

US Commerce Secretary says tariff exemptions on electronics and pharmaceuticals are temporary

The Trump administration late on Friday said it would exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from reciprocal tariffs, a move US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said would not be permanent.

Euronews

Howard Lutnick says tariffs on smartphones ‘coming soon’ after Apple gets China reprieve

Howard Lutnick says tech exemptions will end within two months after investors celebrate tariff relief

The Independent UK

EU-US negotiations ‘likely’ – Simon Harris

Ireland’s deputy premier met with US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington DC on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Art Of The Deal? How Trump Backed Down On Tariffs

It ended not with a bang, but with US President Donald Trump and two top aides writing a social media post.

International Business Times

Milton Friedman's Warning to DOGE

The Nobel Prize-winning economist says the Iron Triangle of Politics must be defeated to cut down the government for good.

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Al Jazeera

Penguins, vaccines: Can negotiations save Trump’s oddest tariff targets?

Barely inhabited islands, countries the US enjoys a trade surplus with, and a tariff formula that isn’t about tariffs.

The Independent UK

Wall Street gets its Trump wake-up call

Analysis: Wall Street is freaking out about Trump’s trade war. But it was always in plain sight

Fortune

Howard Lutnick says he hopes Trump's tariffs will eliminate China's 'army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little, little screws to make iPhones' so they can be built in America by robots

The Commerce Secretary said the U.S. government would “protect” companies that “invest in America.”

International Business Times

'This Is Not What We Voted For': Bill Ackman Urges 90-Day Tariff Pause To Prevent Economic Crisis

Billionaire hedge fund investor Bill Ackman suggested that Trump consider a temporary break from the tariff strategy—a "90-day timeout"—to negotiate better trade deals to solve the "asymmetric tariff deals and induce trillions of dollars of new investment in our country."

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International Business Times

Commerce Secretary Ridiculed For Urging Americans To 'Trust Trump' Because He 'Knows What He's Doing': 'He Can't Even Run A Casino'

Howard Lutnick defended Trump amid stock market turmoil, urging Americans to "trust Trump" to handle the economy despite his history of business bankruptcies.

Latin Times

Commerce Secretary Ridiculed For Urging Americans to 'Trust Trump' Because He 'Knows What He's Doing': 'He Can't Even Run a Casino'

Howard Lutnick defended Trump amid stock market turmoil, urging Americans to "trust Trump" to handle the economy despite his history of business bankruptcies.

Latin Times

Commerce Secretary Lutnick Says Employment Will Start 'Leaping' Immediately After Trump's Tariffs

Commerce Secretary Howeard Lutnick Defended Donald Trump's tariffs, saying the people will start seeing positive impacts immediately

Euronews

Fact check: Are Donald Trump's tariffs on the EU really reciprocal?

Economists tell Euronews Trump's rates are not in any way based on the tariffs imposed by the US' trading partners and therefore cannot be considered an equal measure.

Al Jazeera

‘A historic moment’: Donald Trump unveils sweeping ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

Experts say the tariffs are likely to transform the global trade relations, with some warning of a possible recession.

Fortune

Analysts at Trump ally Howard Lutnick’s former firm call RFK Jr. ‘an anti-vax, conspiracy theorist with inadequate training’

RFK Jr. was reportedly behind the ouster of FDA’s top vaccine official and said last week that around 10,000 employees will be laid off at the Department of Health and Human Services.

The Independent UK

The one official Trump world is ready to blame if tariffs are a disaster

Lutnick has reportedly pushed for ‘more aggressive’ tariffs during talks

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