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More Chaos: Trump Admin Signals New Tariffs on Electronics from China After Pause


After announcing an exemption for smartphones, computers and other electronic goods on Friday, White House officials now say more tariffs are coming.

“Those products are going to be part of the semiconductor sectoral tariffs which are coming,” Lutnick told host Jonathan Karl. Scott Bessent, a multimillionaire, said was “healthy.” When the tariffs first began, the stock market plunged further and still hasn’t fully recovered. Trump’s extreme approach to tariffs has Republicans scrambling to defend and make sense of the president’s aggressive strategy.

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