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What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for Tech—and You


This week on "Uncanny Valley," our hosts look at the impacts this trade war will have on the products we all use and how you can best navigate this new normal.

We'll look at how the tech companies big and small are dealing with the tariffs, including how the Silicon Valley power players who cozied up to Trump during last year's election are facing huge hits to their businesses. Lauren Goode: Katie, you mentioned at the time of the inauguration, when we saw that photo of the tech CEOs who were in attendance, I think your remark was Tim Cook looks like he wants to vomit? It's almost like if you said to the baking industry, we're going to put an exemption on cocoa nibs, so don't worry about extra costs added to those, but every time you import a chocolate chip cookie, there's going to be a tariff on that.

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