Semiconductor tariffs: What we know about Trump’s ‘special’ tax pursuit despite initial electronics exemption

The Trump administration dealt out a happy news on Friday, exempting a range of electronic devices from tariffs implemented earlier this month. But now it seems like the United States is pulling a U-turn on the short-lived relief. On Sunday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the previous decision was only temporary, further teasing the “semiconductor tariffs” that would set in place in “a month of two.”