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U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to impose massive tariffs on Taiwan-made chips in an attempt to incentivize companies to relocate production to the United States. Assuming that Trump’s administration imposes tariffs on ASICs, CPUs, GPUs, and other types of chips made in Taiwan in the coming weeks, this would make PCs, servers, and smartphones more expensive for companies and individuals in the U.S. immediately, which will hardly serve the U.S. economy well. The proposed tariffs mark a significant shift in U.S. trade policy, signaling an aggressive stance to curb dependence on foreign manufacturing and prioritize domestic production, but it remains to be seen how well this strategy will work.

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