PC manufacturers are rushing to ship as much stock as possible to beat the tariff truce between China and the U.S., which is set to end on July 9. According to Nikkei Asia, MSI chairman Joseph Hsu told reporters after its annual general meeting that the company’s inventory sells out as soon as it ships, so it’s racing against time and shipping whatever it can to its customers. Gigabyte also held its annual general meeting on the same day, and its chairman, Dandy Yeh, is facing the same situation — it's fulfilling rush orders aimed at beating tariff uncertainties.
President Donald Trump first announced tariffs for nearly every American trading partner in the first week of April, which were set to go fully live on April 9. However, he paused them all for nearly all countries for 90 days, except for China, which was slapped with a final 145% tariff after a series of escalations. This move had the trade representatives of numerous countries at the negotiating table with the U.S., and the hope is that each respective nation would have worked out a deal with Washington, D.C. to avoid getting their products taxed at high levels.
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