In a series of interviews Sunday, top aides to President Donald Trump stressed that the tariff exclusions placed on chips that power smartphones, computers, and other electronics are temporary and could be subject to their own set of duties in the future, The New York Times reported.
In a notice late Friday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency published a list of tariff codes excluded from the import taxes. It featured 20 product categories, including the broad 8471 code for all computers, laptops, disc drives, and automatic data processing. It also included semiconductor devices, equipment, memory chips, and flat panel displays.
On Sunday, however, senior White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told NBC’s “Meet the Press” they were “not exclusions,” adding that the Trump administration could still impose tariffs on computer chips, according to the report.
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