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  • Trump spares smartphones, computers, other electronics from his 125% China tariffs

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    The US government has granted tariff exclusions for smartphones, computers and other electronics imported largely from China, sparing them from President Donald Trump's steep 125 percent reciprocal duties. In a notice to shippers, the US Customs and Border Protection agency published a list of tariff codes that will be excluded from the duties. The exclusions are retroactive to 12.01 am ET (12.01 pm, Singapore time) on Apr 5.The US CBP listed 20 product categories, including the very broad 8471 code for all computers, laptops, disc drives and automatic data processing. It also included semiconductor devices, ... (full story)

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TraderTero
Apr 13, 2025 1:48am
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All of them will be soon removed. After that he will announce a great win against China.
Jade Gate
Apr 13, 2025 3:34am
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Awww. No calll from Xi. Who would have thunk it? But lots of calls from the on-shore ppl controlling the puppet's strings. Another U Turn. No credibility. So much for reducing US debt, not happening. USD will continue to sink while bond yields rise. NASDAQ will spike up on the happy news but then later comes the pain. Lots of insider trading going on Friday.
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NotAtrader
Apr 13, 2025 3:37am
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Trump shows day after day that he really does not know what he is doing. He fears a future China tech-dominance, but by exempting China's electronic products from China tariffs, he actually stimulates China's industry in that direction. The guy is completely out of touch with the reality.
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Banditten
Apr 13, 2025 2:58am
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Thecart odæf the deal playing out again. Cant stop laughing. Entire world is watching Trump getting spanked hard just wished the americans could see it. Too much harm done already. Rates are going up due to a complete lack of trust in the administration and partners are speeding up trade negotiations with other countries. Soon US will find themself in a very lonely place. Trump overplayed his cards and the bluff was called long ago.
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NotAtrader
Apr 13, 2025 3:31am
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Quoting OutThere
The show ain't over until the fat lady sings.
And when the fat lady sings and the show is over and Trump has humiliated himself and the USA, he will say "Yeah well it's not my fault that the world is not ready for my visions". Trump suffers from narcissistic personality disorder with intense and uncontrollable self-deluding.
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OutThere
Apr 13, 2025 6:19am
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Quoting DwnUndrTrdr
{quote} Eloquently put. Or it’s like a gang of street thugs suggesting you pay insurance to them, so they can keep an eye on your shop window’s. Or a conman grifter suggesting you buy some of his meme coins, to receive preferential treatment.
What if it works? It needs to get normalized. The base 10 is already taken as a standard to have or attain. It is getting 'normalized, to work within tariffs. In other words accepted. I think having those controls is the ultimate end game
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DwnUndrTrdr
Apr 13, 2025 5:46am
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Quoting OutThere
What he has done is he has attached a ratchet to the mechanisms of the market. Meaning, by increasing/decreasing tariffs, he can insert influence on each country. So, the tariffs,are a way of delivering the massage do this (sell buy support us,bla bla) or US will make you suffer pain. If you are good, and do as said, US will reward you with better rates or exemptions. So, he has invented himself an apparatus to cling on and direct the overall global economy by using tariffs as levers of adjustment.
Eloquently put. Or it’s like a gang of street thugs suggesting you pay insurance to them, so they can keep an eye on your shop window’s. Or a conman grifter suggesting you buy some of his meme coins, to receive preferential treatment.
PiipPool
Apr 13, 2025 10:02am
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Quoting Bones
All the people in this thread are the same people who agreed Biden was sharp as a tack; meanwhile, the dollar collapsed regardless. {image}
Biden was senile. Anyone with a brain was saying it in 2020. Doesn't change the fact that Trump is a terrible president. He wants China to make a deal because he knows this situation is untenable but he won't admit his plan was badly though out
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TraderTero
Apr 13, 2025 4:35am
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I would like to see real verified results from his cognitive tests. However, odds for that are very slim.
Bones
Apr 13, 2025 8:28am
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All the people in this thread are the same people who agreed Biden was sharp as a tack; meanwhile, the dollar collapsed regardless.
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OutThere
Apr 12, 2025 11:53pm
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If you were an industry like car manufacturing, wouldn't you be jealous that the other industry's tariffs have been exempted?
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Bones
Apr 13, 2025 9:43am
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Quoting FourxTwoxs
{quote} If your metric is dollar collapse and gold ATH'n, those are going to continue in their respective directions. This is desired by current admin. They say this.
Yes, cause the path is unsustainable using very simple math.
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Bones
Apr 13, 2025 9:49am
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Quoting DwnUndrTrdr
{quote} I don’t ever recall agreeing with your good self that Biden “was sharp as a tack” as you state. Semantics and sweeping statements aside, I think we can agree on Trump’s move to remove the US from having the privilege of being the reserve currency, and all the advantages that has entailed. Job well done.
No, policy has already done that; policy now and in the past is my point.
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Bones
Apr 13, 2025 11:28am
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Quoting PiipPool
{quote} Biden was senile. Anyone with a brain was saying it in 2020. Doesn't change the fact that Trump is a terrible president. He wants China to make a deal because he knows this situation is untenable but he won't admit his plan was badly though out
Trump recognises that something needs to be done while everyone else lives in a fantasy land. All the people laughing at what would happen if China dropped its treasuries don't know what they're saying.
What about in another decade? How will world power look then? With the massive US deficits.
China is a country that is in the Western club but does not obey any of its rules.
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mortgagee
Apr 13, 2025 10:09am
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Quoting NotAtrader
Trump shows day after day that he really does not know what he is doing. He fears a future China tech-dominance, but by exempting China's electronic products from China tariffs, he actually stimulates China's industry in that direction. The guy is completely out of touch with the reality.
Ser, It is totally unknown who run USA. it is assumed by many indicators and corresponding actions that is war criminal netanyahu...trump is on Epstein list and who knows what else...full bribery by Miriam Adelson ...it is unknown who advise trump's advisors...usa election is about who will be jewish agent not usa president...
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Trader#2FDF
Apr 13, 2025 5:27am
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One things is for sure on DT is he being Market Manipulation for him go through impeachment is as a matter of time …… why voted this guy because the people are blinded or what lolzzzzz or they just do not care zZzZzzzzzz soon or later all of them will suffer very hard
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Trader#3A74
Apr 13, 2025 12:45am
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Trump really does not know what he is doing. He fears China getting tech-dominant, but by exempting the China's electronic tech industry for tariffs, he actually stimulates the China's innovation and progress in that direction. The guy shows every day that he has no connection to the reality.
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FourxTwoxs
Apr 13, 2025 8:39am
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Quoting Bones
All the people in this thread are the same people who agreed Biden was sharp as a tack; meanwhile, the dollar collapsed regardless. {image}
If your metric is dollar collapse and gold ATH'n, those are going to continue in their respective directions. This is desired by current admin. They say this.
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TraderTero
Apr 13, 2025 9:02am
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Quoting Eurorally
{quote} Apart from the fact, Sir, that you are talking merely on the basis of innuendo, unverified assumptions and a political bias, what Trump did here is that he exempted from the Chinese tariffs American manufacturers having manufacturing plants in China but selling most of their products outside China - viz Apple.
Lenovo (A Chinese brand):
- Market Presence: Lenovo offers a wide range of laptops and desktops, including the ThinkPad, IdeaPad, and Yoga series.
- Market Share: In the fourth quarter of 2024, Lenovo's U.S. PC shipments reached approximately 11.872 million units, increasing its market share from 16.0% in 2023 to 17.2%, marking a year-on-year growth of 12.8%. [1]
OutThere
Apr 13, 2025 4:04am
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What he has done is he has attached a ratchet to the mechanisms of the market. Meaning, by increasing/decreasing tariffs, he can insert influence on each country. So, the tariffs,are a way of delivering the massage do this (sell buy support us,bla bla) or US will make you suffer pain. If you are good, and do as said, US will reward you with better rates or exemptions.

So, he has invented himself an apparatus to cling on and direct the overall global economy by using tariffs as levers of adjustment.
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Forgediron
Apr 13, 2025 7:45pm
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Quoting Trader#547E
Get ready to add Trade war with China to the list of all the other Wars the US has lost....
With China relying on exports twice as much as the USA and with China’s domestic consumption as percent of GDP being 10 percent less than the USA,

I don’t think so….

Why do you think Xi is the one pressing for a return to dialogue.
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Eurorally
Apr 13, 2025 8:32am
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Quoting OutThere
If you were an industry like car manufacturing, wouldn't you be jealous that the other industry's tariffs have been exempted?
Trump exempted mostly American manufacturers having manufactuturing plants in China and selling most of their production in the US.
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Eurorally
Apr 13, 2025 8:35am
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Quoting Trader#3A74
Trump really does not know what he is doing. He fears China getting tech-dominant, but by exempting the China's electronic tech industry for tariffs, he actually stimulates the China's innovation and progress in that direction. The guy shows every day that he has no connection to the reality.
Apart from the fact, Sir, that you are talking merely on the basis of innuendo, unverified assumptions and a political bias, what Trump did here is that he exempted from the Chinese tariffs American manufacturers having manufacturing plants in China but selling most of their products outside China - viz Apple.
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DwnUndrTrdr
Apr 13, 2025 9:05am
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Quoting Bones
All the people in this thread are the same people who agreed Biden was sharp as a tack; meanwhile, the dollar collapsed regardless. {image}
I don’t ever recall agreeing with your good self that Biden “was sharp as a tack” as you state. Semantics and sweeping statements aside, I think we can agree on Trump’s move to remove the US from having the privilege of being the reserve currency, and all the advantages that has entailed. Job well done.
mortgagee
Apr 13, 2025 12:15pm
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Quoting Bones
{quote} ... China is a country that is in the Western club but does not obey any of its rules.
China is lender to its biggest enemy, 1.9 trillion USD... No normal country in this world since human created is doing it..China is USA puppet and will do as USA order...now is just show for public...
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readme
Apr 13, 2025 3:18am
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China will be fine with any tariff imposed by the US, US citizens are the ones going to pay the tariffs, not China.
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Whale
Apr 13, 2025 1:11am
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It should get a red batch news.

127B import costs.

The highest import goods value.
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OutThere
Apr 13, 2025 3:12am
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The show ain't over until the fat lady sings.
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Trader#547E
Apr 13, 2025 1:06am
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Hahaha.. Captain Flip flop.. Dudes just all hot air...
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FourxTwoxs
Apr 13, 2025 8:32am
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Quoting OutThere
{quote} What if it works? It needs to get normalized. The base 10 is already taken as a standard to have or attain. It is getting 'normalized, to work within tariffs. In other words accepted. I think having those controls is the ultimate end game
How does the market price for Trump's wondrously ratcheting lever. Will extreme market oscillations be considered "normal", ultimately?
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Trader#6717
Apr 13, 2025 2:44am
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How can Americans make a big mistake by electing such an stupid and idiot as their Head? Is there any way to remove or impeach such a crap sooner than later? Else USA will be screwed up thoroughly throughout the world. Europe, biggest ally of USA is also departing from USA.
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Trader#1489
Apr 13, 2025 11:20am
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Quoting Eurorally
{quote} Apart from the fact, Sir, that you are talking merely on the basis of innuendo, unverified assumptions and a political bias, what Trump did here is that he exempted from the Chinese tariffs American manufacturers having manufacturing plants in China but selling most of their products outside China - viz Apple.
You make it sound like he is doing what he is doing with some sort of plan. He clearly doesn't have a plan. If he had a plan the numbers wouldn't be changing by the hour. There would be no need for all the contradictory statements. For a plan to work out it must use actual factual data which he does not. The assumption is on your part by thinking this was done with the purpose of protecting Apple. If that was the case Apple wouldn't have scrambled to airlift over 1 million i phones out of India before tariffs set in. If there was any benefit it was more coincidence than plan.
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Trader#2FF1
Apr 13, 2025 4:31am
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This is not good for chaina
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Trader#B7A2
Apr 13, 2025 8:45am
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Lol just not gonna throw tariffs on the important stuff lmfao.
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Trader#547E
Apr 13, 2025 1:39pm
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Get ready to add Trade war with China to the list of all the other Wars the US has lost....
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