{"id":31763,"date":"2025-08-09T19:40:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T02:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/trump-plans-100-tariffs-for-semiconductor-imports\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T19:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T02:40:37","slug":"trump-plans-100-tariffs-for-semiconductor-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/trump-plans-100-tariffs-for-semiconductor-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump plans 100% tariffs for semiconductor imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?500116090725\" alt=\"-\"><br \/>\n        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">2 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1754576791\/news\/text_to_speech\/trump-tariffs-semiconductors-apple_jii0cx.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs of \u201capproximately 100%\u201d on semiconductor imports, he said during <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J6SK7lotKZQ&amp;t=7s\" target=\"_blank\">a press briefing<\/a> at the White House on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump did not provide details about when the tariffs would go into effect or when the White House would release official documentation and guidance.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration is currently <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supplychaindive.com\/news\/trump-tariff-investigation-semiconductors-lutnick\/745340\/\" target=\"_blank\">conducting a Section 232 investigation<\/a> into semiconductor imports to assess their impact on national security and the domestic supply chain. Similar probes have led to sector-specific levies for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supplychaindive.com\/news\/trump-increase-steel-tariff-nippon-us-steel-pennsylvania\/749485\/\" target=\"_blank\">steel, aluminum<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supplychaindive.com\/news\/trump-tariffs-copper-imports-50-percent-aug-1\/756378\/\" target=\"_blank\">copper<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supplychaindive.com\/news\/trump-threatens-pharmaceutical-tariffs-250-percent-semiconductors\/756814\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trump said<\/a> he would announce duties on semiconductors and pharmaceutical products \u201cin the next week or so.\u201d He indicated that pharmaceutical imports, which are <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supplychaindive.com\/news\/trump-tariffs-pharma-section-232-investigation-commerce\/745342\/\" target=\"_blank\">also under Section 232 review<\/a>, would face tariffs as high as 250%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The White House has several other Section 232 investigations underway, including on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supplychaindive.com\/news\/trump-executive-order-critical-mineral-production\/743182\/\" target=\"_blank\">critical minerals<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supplychaindive.com\/news\/us-232-probe-tariffs-aircraft-industry\/747812\/\" target=\"_blank\">commercial aircraft and jet engines<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supplychaindive.com\/news\/trump-section-232-investigation-trucks\/746404\/\" target=\"_blank\">medium- and heavy-duty trucks and parts<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s announcement came during a presentation in the Oval Office in which Apple CEO Tim Cook said the electronics giant would increase its investment in U.S. manufacturing by $100 billion over the next four years. In February, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.manufacturingdive.com\/news\/apple-to-invest-more-than-500-billion-us-manufacturing-houston-detroit\/740750\/\" target=\"_blank\">the company said<\/a> it would invest $500 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in recent months, chipmakers <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturingdive.com\/news\/tsmc-invest-100-billion-us-trump-tariffs\/741411\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.manufacturingdive.com\/news\/nvidia-us-production-blackwell-tsmc-ai-trump-tariffs\/745250\/\" target=\"_blank\">AI computing giant Nvidia<\/a> have each unveiled plans to invest billions of dollars in the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/trump-tariffs-semiconductors-apple\/757036\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. 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