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PCs will be exempt from Trump's tariffs, but consoles will not
While PCs and smartphones will be exempt from Trump's retaliatory tariffs in the US, consoles will not.
Watch on YouTube At the time of writing, it's unclear if the exemptions for other tech components like SSDs and PCs were intentionally not applied to consoles or if it's merely an oversight. Nintendo had already directed the vast majority of its Switch 2 manufacturing output from Vietnam towards the US over the first two months of this year, as the threat of Trump's now-confirmed tariffs loomed, but the stinging tariffs applied to Vietnam - a key manufacturer for Nintendo - and China continue to cause considerable uncertainty. "In fact, Chinese social media already has consumer discourse about a consumer-led rebuke against US-products.
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