Trump Says Semiconductor Tariffs Coming Soon

The president said that the entire electronics supply chain would be examined as part of what he called a national security tariff investigation.

A semiconductor wafer is being processed at a factory in Binzhou, in eastern China's Shandong Province, on Jan. 15, 2025. AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump said on April 13 that he would announce a new nonnegotiable tariff rate for imported semiconductors within the next week.

Trump, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One while returning to Washington from his home in Palm Beach, Florida, said: “Like we did with steel, like we did with automobiles, like we did with aluminum, which are now fully on, we'll be doing that with semiconductors, with chips and numerous other things. And that will take place in the very near future.