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Cale Hunt

"They can pay a 100% tariff, or they can build in America" — US Commerce Secretary issues warning to memory manufacturers as the global RAM crisis deepens

Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary.

Micron, one of the world's largest memory manufacturers, broke ground on a new $100 billion manufacturing plant on January 16 in Syracuse, New York. Attending the ceremony as an honorary shovel-holder was US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

It was all smiles during the proceedings, but shortly after, Lutnick delivered a direct warning to memory manufacturers that are not operating on US soil. As quoted by Bloomberg:

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