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Trump to impose 25% to 100% tariffs on Taiwan-made chips, impacting TSMC (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/hardware@lemmy.world
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[–] [S] 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

This is crazy. It is going to massively increase the cost of most leading edge computing devices (in the US). Seems like Apple in particular will be hit hard; are Americans going to go shopping in Canada to try and get massive discounts on computing electronics?

I wouldn't be surprised is there is a downstream price effect in other countries as well (some measure of price increases to align with US dynamics).

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You'd expect the opposite. More available stock not being bought in the US would mean lower prices elsewhere.

    I, not being in the hellhole country in question, broadly embrace this choice. Please, fashy granpa, refuse to buy any chips not made in the USA. I could use an affordable new GPU soon.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I would only support lower prices in other countries, but companies to tend use situations for broader price increases.

    We'll soon find out how this plays out.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    I'm not really sure how they'd use a tariff that raises prices in the US and lowers US demand for stock in Taiwan to raise prices in the territories that can still purchase the stock for its base cost.

    Manufactured goods that have to go through the US for some reason, maybe, but who the hell would even try to sell that elsewhere in a world where every step through the US border has a 100% tariff?

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