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Samsung and 'Anybody' Making Smartphones Outside of US Subject to Same Tariff as iPhone, Trump Says
- President Donald Trump announced on May 23, 2025, that a 25% tariff will apply to smartphones, including Apple and Samsung products, made outside the United States.
- Trump said the tariff aims to encourage companies to build production plants in the US, and the tariff would start at the end of June 2025 unless manufacturers relocate production domestically.
- He emphasized fairness by stating that Samsung and any smartphone producer would face the same tariff unless they make phones in the US, while noting that Apple could manufacture domestically at comparable costs.
- Trump indicated that the new 25% tariff on certain products, including iPhones, is expected to begin around late June, while experts noted that relocating production to the United States would be extremely difficult.
- This policy suggests escalating trade tensions and attempts to boost US manufacturing, though experts warn the economic feasibility of relocating production remains doubtful.
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Trump Clarifies: I'll Go After Samsung, Too
President Trump on Friday clarified that his threat to impose tariffs on smartphones made outside the US applies to all manufacturers, not just Apple. In the morning, Truth warned in a Truth Social post that he would put a 25% tariff on Apple iPhones unless the company starts making them...
Trump threatens a 25 percent tariff on all smartphones not made in the US
After threatening Apple with a 25 percent tariff unless the company found a way to move iPhone production to the US, Bloomberg reports that President Donald Trump wants the tariff applied to other phone makers, too. "It would be also Samsung and anybody that makes that product, otherwise it wouldn’t be fair," Trump said in a White House press conference following his earlier Truth Social post threatening the new tariff. "So anybody that makes th…
Trump expands tariff threat to Samsung - Washington Examiner
President Donald Trump clarified Friday that Samsung would also be subject to new tariffs on iPhones unless tech companies move their production to the United States. “It would be more. It would be also Samsung and anybody that makes that product. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be fair,” Trump told reporters after signing energy executive orders at the White House. “That’ll start on, I guess, the end of June, it’ll come out,” he added. “I think we’ll ha…
Trump threatens to expand smartphone tariffs beyond Apple
President Donald Trump announced that all companies that produce smartphones abroad need to move manufacturing to the United States or face a hefty tariff. The announcement widens the scope of the potential tariff on tech companies, which aims to move production out of countries like China and India.
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