USTR Greer sees no immediate chip tariffs but says protection important for sector

MANASSAS, Virginia: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Friday there were no imminent new U.S. tariffs expected to be imposed on semiconductors, but that it was important to protect the sector with duties to facilitate reshoring of chip production.

Greer, speaking at a Micron Technology memory chip plant expansion project ‌in the ⁠Washington, D.C., ⁠suburbs, said that any tariffs USTR’s long-awaited Section 232 national security investigation aimed at protecting the U.S. semiconductor sector needed to be properly sequenced to promote U.S. output.