By Molly Goddard
11:44pm PDT, Apr 14, 2025
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Donald Trump wants everyone to feel the wrath of his tariffs.
The current commander-in-chief took to his Truth Social account on Sunday, April 13, to make it clear nobody and no product will be exempt from his sweeping duties on goods coming in from China.
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"NOBODY is getting 'off the hook,'" Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, disputing ongoing rumors about the
tariffs on iPhones and other Chinese-made devices.
"There was no tariff 'exception' announced on Friday. These products are subject to the existing 20% fentanyl tariffs and they are just moving to a different tariff 'bucket,'" he continued. "We are taking a look at Semiconductors and the WHOLE ELECTRONICS SUPPLY CHAIN in the upcoming National Security Tariff Investigations."
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Following Donald Trump's clarification, Commerce Secretary
Howard Lutnick sat down with ABC News'
This Week on Sunday, April 13, and confirmed technology coming from
China will be subjected to another round of tariffs.
"So what he's doing is he's saying they're exempt from the reciprocal tariffs, but they're included in the semiconductor tariffs, which are coming in probably a month or two. So these are coming soon," he saud. "All those products are going to come under semiconductors and they're going to have a special focus type of tariff to make sure that those products get restored."
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On Wednesday, April 9, Donald Trump rolled back tariffs for many other countries around the world.
"Conversely and based on the fact that more than 75 Countries have called Representatives of the United States, including the Departments of Commerce, Treasury and the USTR, to negotiate a solution to the subjects being discussed relative to trade, trade barriers, tariffs, currency manipulation and non-monetary tariffs and that these Countries have not, at my strong suggestion, retaliated in any way, shape, or form against the
United States, I have authorized a 90 day PAUSE and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, also effective immediately," he announced in a Truth Social post.
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While Donald Trump may have backtracked on duties for some countries, he doubled down on the taxes on goods from China after they issued retaliatory tariffs.
"Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the world's markets, I am hereby raising the tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately. At some point, hopefully in the near future,
China will realize that the days of ripping off the U.S.A. and other countries, is no longer sustainable or acceptable," the right-wing leader said in the social media update.
