**SEE !!** Trump Admin Exempts China Electronic Items From Tariffs !!

[uponit7771]

**SEE !!** I called it last night when I said something is not right at the ports and I haven't gotten one call from DHL on tariff payments.

I'm making them charge me **AT THE PORT** vs charging at time of shipping but I'm not importing more than 100k of anything my orders are super small.

This admin is 100% HOT GARBAGE !! They're flinging it at the wall to see what sticks ... or they're trying to invoke a bunch of pull forward orders

We're only 3 months in people, buckle up

President Donald Trump’s administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics


article here - https://archive.ph/X2eDw

Link to tweet

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President Donald Trump’s administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs, potentially cushioning consumers from sticker shock while benefiting electronics giants including Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co.

The exclusions, published late Friday by US Customs and Border Protection, narrow the scope of the levies by excluding the products from Trump’s 125% China tariff and his baseline 10% global tariff on nearly all other countries.

The exclusions would apply to smartphones, laptop computers, hard drives and computer processors and memory chips. Those popular consumer electronics items generally aren’t made in the US. Setting up domestic manufacturing would take years.

and

One such exclusion was for semiconductors, to which Trump has regularly pledged to apply a specific tariff. He hasn’t yet done so but the latest exclusions appear to correspond with that exemption.

[Tetrachloride]

1. Another hole in 1.

[malaise]

7. You mean one in hole right?

Effin crazy

[Shermann]

2. So is the tariff 0% or 10% on the electronic items?

If it is 0% then it is a boon to the Chinese electronics industry if other countries still have to pay the 10% (or more)

[uponit7771]

4. DK, they're not charging at the ports anyway (link)

https://newrepublic.com/post/193930/ports-not-collecting-trump-tariffs-glitch

[Bluestocking]

3. What about sneakers?

How long until he exempts sneakers since they are all made in China. I guess the money transfer to Trumps personal bank account hasn’t cleared yet from the major sneaker companies yet.

[Brother Buzz]

8. On a stretch, and a little creative marketing, they could already be classified as 'Smart' phones

[Kid Berwyn]

5. Whaddabout Swastikars?

Asking for a fiend.

[CoopersDad]

17. You're friend will be disappointed.

Teslas top all other makes in terms of the % of components make in the USA.

https://www.carscoops.com/2025/03/teslas-are-the-most-american-made-cars-in-the-market/

[Kid Berwyn]

18. Thanks! I've been telling my fiend that Tesla is a dangerous automobile.

Teslas Are The Most Fatal Cars On The Road, Study Finds

A new study from iSeeCars shows people are being killed in Teslas far more often than any other brand

BY  ANDY KALMOWITZ
Jalopnik, NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Tesla has the deadliest cars on the road today. According to a new study from iSeeCars, Tesla vehicles have the highest fatal crash rate among all vehicle brands in the United States. The organization analyzed data from the U.S. Fatality Analysis Reporting System.

The study, conducted on 2018-2022 model year vehicles, looked at crashes between 2017 and 2022 that resulted in at least one of the occupants' death. It found that Teslas have a fatal crash rate of 5.6 per billion miles driven. Kia came in second with a rate of 5.5, followed by Buick at 4.8, Dodge at 4.4 and Hyundai at 3.9. For reference, iSeeCars says the overall average was 2.8, meaning the average Tesla crash is twice as deadly as average.

The study looked into more than just automakers, though. It also broke vehicles down by individual model. It still wasn't pretty for Tesla. The Tesla Model Y had a 10.6 fatal crash rate. That's nearly five times the average for SUVs, and it was the sixth worth score overall. (The Hyundai Venue, Chevy Corvette, Mitsubishi Mirage, Porsche 911 and Honda CR-V Hybrid were above it). The Model S's score came in at 5.8, two times the average.

To be fair to Tesla, these numbers don't automatically mean its cars are unsafe for occupants. It has a lot more to do with how people drive these cars. Karl Brauer, iSeeCars executive analyst, explained why this was happening in the report:

"Most of these vehicles received excellent safety ratings, performing well in crash tests at the IIHS and NHTSA, so it's not a vehicle design issue. The models on this list likely reflect a combination of driver behavior and driving conditions, leading to increased crashes and fatalities."

"A vehicle's size, weight, and height certainly play a part in its ability to protect passengers in a crash. But the biggest contributor to occupant safety is avoiding a crash, and the biggest factor in crash avoidance is driver behavior. A focused, alert driver, traveling at a legal or prudent speed, without being under the influence of drugs or alcohol, is the most likely to arrive safely regardless of the vehicle they're driving."

What this tells us is that Tesla's cars are probably as safe as anyone else's, but their owners tend to drive like goons, and the result of that is literally killing people.

Source: https://www.jalopnik.com/teslas-are-the-most-fatal-cars-on-the-road-study-finds-1851700691/

[CoopersDad]

19. Actually, the Model 3 was rated best: the safest EV by the same rating source, iseecars

Read for yourself, Model 3 is 1 out of 26 tested, for the sedan class.

Model Y scores poorly for the SUV class, but Model 3 is at the top for sedans.

Smearing the entire brand over one model is bad science.

https://www.iseecars.com/best-cars/best-electric-cars

[Buckeyeblue]

6. I agree with you. This group is making it up as they go

Four years of this is going to be exhausting.

[JCMach1]

9. So its not about bringing back American Industry?

Shocked Pikachu face...

[peggysue2]

10. Just another piece of evidence

There. Is. No. Plan.

Beyond chaos and stupidity.

[republianmushroom]

11. Money talks , bull shit walks.

The trump administration has walk many a mile so far.

[Thrill]

12. Trump is by the far biggest ConArtist we've ever seen

We have to give him credit for that.

[dalton99a]

13. The art of the backpedal of the Spine of Steel on late Friday night

[kacekwl]

14. So as

usual it's all bullshit. They all want to kiss his ass right. Can't wait to see what the Sunday news shows say tomorrow. We'll see some real ass kissing there.

[keep_left]

15. Trump claimed that the tariffs were to bring back the good old days...

...of American manufacturing circa 1946-1973. Yet...

The exclusions would apply to...computers, hard drives and computer processors and memory chips.

These are the very items that the Biden administration was trying to bring back to to production in the USA--at least partially--as a matter of national security (which it indeed is). However, the Trump regime has made it clear that it intends to blow up the "CHIPS Act". There doesn't appear to be any logic to Trump's actions lately, particularly when it comes to his trade and tariff policies. No one should be surprised by this; he's just going to keep on being a wrecker.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIPS_and_Science_Act#Subsequent_development

[uponit7771]

16. Yep, at this point its just market manipulation and tryna get people to front load purchases.