The president of the United States, Donald Trump, anticipated Tuesday that next week he will announce a new round of tariffs. The measure seeks to encourage the national manufacture of local chips.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, He anticipated that next week he will announce a New Round of Tariff which will reach the semiconductor sector. The measure seeks to encourage national chips manufacturing and reinforces its protectionist agenda for the second semester of the year.
In statements to the financial channel CNBCthe president confirmed that the new levies will apply to the Imported semiconductor and microchipsto which he considered “a separate category”, for its strategic importance. “We want them to be manufactured in the United States,” he said.
Trump did not specify the percentage that these new tariffs will havebut indicated that the formal announcement will be made “approximately next week.” The technological sector, key to the automotive, electronic and defense industry, thus becomes the new focus of the Republican commercial offensive, in line with its productive chain relocation policy.
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Tariffs up to 250% for the pharmaceutical sector
In addition to the Technology Front, Trump stated again against The international pharmaceutical industrywhich he accused of depending in excess of foreign supplies. In that sense, he launched a forceful threat: tariffs up to 250% For imported medications, which represents The toughest measure announced so far against the sector.
Although it did not provide specific details, this eventual tariff increase could have a strong impact on the price of medicines and commercial links with supplier countries, such as India, China and some European partners.
The impact of tariffs on the technological field
Among the most committed sectors are semiconductorssince countries like Taiwan (20%tariff) and European Union (15%) are great suppliers of this key input. The measure comes at a time when the United States tries to transfer the production of AI chips to its own territory.
The situation could aggravate bottlenecks and raise the prices of the GPU and critical componentsin a context where global demand continues to grow. In addition, China, which was not included in this new round for being in negotiations, maintains a previous 30% tariffwhich continues to limit imports.
“These tariffs are forcing countries to reorient their commercial and strategic priorities. The world is heading towards multiple centers of economic power,” he warned Nigel GreenCEO of Devere Group.
China, in addition, controls 95% of the worldwide supply of strategic minerals such as Galio and Germanioessential for the production of semiconductors, which gives it a difficult structural advantage to replace.
Source: Ambito
