Foreign Semiconductors to Face Tariff of ‘Approximately 100 Percent’: Trump

The president said manufacturers can avoid the tariffs by building in the United States.

Semiconductor chips on a circuit board of a computer on Feb. 25, 2022. Florence Lo/Illustration/Reuters

President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 6 that tariffs on semiconductors and computer microchips will be as high as 100 percent—but indicated that companies could avoid the tariffs by committing to building facilities and making products in the United States.

“We'll be putting a tariff of approximately 100 percent on chips and semiconductors,” Trump told reporters. “But if you’re building in the United States of America, there’s no charge, even though you’re building and you’re not producing yet.”