Trump’s Tariffs Could Cost Us The AI Race

President Trump Says Chip Tariffs Coming 'Very Soon'

Most semiconductor chips used in the United States are imported from Asia.

Chips mostly dodged Trump’s new tariffs — but that could change soon

When President Donald Trump announced his reciprocal tariffs this week that sent global markets into a panic, a few exemptions were made, including for semiconductors.Read more...

Trump’s Tariffs Could Cost Us The AI Race

While the semiconductor brains of artificial intelligence are so far exempt from tariffs, the materials used to build the massive sites where they are installed and operated are not. That’s a problem.

Trump Warns Foreign Chip Makers: Your Tariffs Are 'Starting Very Soon'

Semiconductors are exempt under Trump's initial round of reciprocal tariffs, but not for long, the president tells reporters on Air Force One today.

Wistron accelerates US expansion as US announces 32% tariffs on Taiwan

In a move against the US reciprocal tariffs, Taiwan-based Wistron Corporation has announced a substantial investment in a new US subsidiary focused on AI product manufacturing. The decision, revealed alongside a flurry of strategic financial moves, underscores the company's efforts to mitigate potential trade barriers and capitalize on the growing AI market.

Today, the world awoke convulsed by what Trump has done with tariffs. Statements and reactions from all the countries involved have not been made to wait, but in what concerns us, from the presidential plane, Trump has declared something that does affect us users and hardware lovers: it will not impose, for the moment, tariffs on chips and semiconductors. This has to be nuanced, since it excludes manufacturing tools from this rhetoric, for examp…