The measure seeks to press companies to transfer their production to US territory. During the event, Cook announced an investment of US $ 100,000 million
At a conference with Apple CEO, Tim Cook, US president, Donald Trump, announced Wednesday that will impose “approximately” tariffs For the Import of chips and semiconductors. The measure seeks to press companies to move production to US territory.
“If factories in the United States, there will be no surcharges,” said the Republican tycoon, who carries out a global commercial war to balance the balance of US payments. The president also stated that he will analyze case by case and said that those companies that are in the process of transferring their production could avoid surcharge if they comply. Otherwise, “they will be charged later,” he said.
Trump said US companies in the technology sector They are “quickly” their production towards the USin an appearance in which he wanted to show off his alliance with companies such as Apple, which has committed to invest US $ 100,000 million to enhance national production.
Investments of Apple, Nvidia and TSMC in the US
During the announcement made in the White House, the executive director of the Technology Company, Tim cook, He assured that this new commitment raises above U $ 600,000 millions the investment in the United States. In addition, he gave a gift to the US president.
Since 2020, companies in the sector have committed investments for US $ 600,000 in more than 130 projectsaccording to the Semiconductor Industry Association. Other companies in the sector, such as NVIDIA, Taiwan Semiconductors (TSMC) and Global Foundries They have already anticipated their decision to move part of their production, although not total.
In the case of TSMC, The largest chip and semiconductor producing company, promised to invest a total of U $ S165,000 million In the United States. Nvidia, The most valuable company in the world, founded by Jensen Huang, announced what will invest U $ S500,000 million In infrastructure to develop artificial intelligence (AI) in the next four years.
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
