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How to deal with tech tariff terror
Tariffs rise, tariffs fall, who knows where they’ll go tomorrow? But IT admins still need to keep the hardware up and running — and the constant confusion won’t make upgrades any easier, or cheaper.
Trump’s first move was to sharply increase tariffs on imports from China, imposing rates as high as 125% to 145% on a wide range of goods, including many electronics. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has already said that sector-specific tariffs targeting electronics are forthcoming, “probably a month or two.” Just to keep things entertaining, Trump himself has at times contradicted his own officials about the scope and duration of the exclusions. Even if you accept Trump’s economic theories — that this will all lead to a resurgence of American high-tech manufacturing, which I don’t believe for one minute — it will be years before US-based computer and component factories are ramped up and releasing hardware.
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