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Trump announces 100 percent tariff on semiconductor imports

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2025 [Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]

United States President Donald Trump says he will impose a 100 percent tariff on foreign-made semiconductors, although exemptions will be made for companies that have invested in the US.

“We’ll be putting a tariff on of approximately 100 percent on chips and semiconductors, but if you’re building in the United States of America, there’s no charge, even though you’re building and you’re not producing yet,” Trump told reporters at the Oval Office on Wednesday evening.

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