Trump will explain tariffs on electronics on Monday

The administration announced late Friday that some electronics were exempt.

ByDavid Brennan, Alexandra Hutzler, and Ivan Pereira
Last Updated: April 13, 2025, 11:43 PM EDT

President Donald Trump on Sunday said there will be no exceptions for tariffs on electronics and that he would clarify his administration's policy on Monday.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced late Friday that some smartphones, computers, chips and other electronics would be exempted from tariffs, but Trump's top economic advisers hit the Sunday talk shows to explain the policy, saying that tariffs against electronics would be coming in the next month or two.

“There was no Tariff ‘exemption’ announced on Friday," Trump posted Sunday afternoon, and that semiconductor tariffs will “just be moving to a different Tariff ‘bucket.’”

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Apr 10, 2025, 3:47 PM EDT

Senators introduce bill to repeal tariffs

Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., introduced a bill Thursday that would repeal Trump's tariffs.

The bill, which is co-sponsored by Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Tim Kaine, D-Va., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., will receive a vote on the floor shortly after the Senate returns from a state work period later this month, according to Wyden's office.

Sen. Ron Wyden speaks next to Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Mike Crapo on the day U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing in Washington, April 8, 2025.
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"Congress can’t sit on its hands while he slaps a new 10 percent tax on everything families buy, and leaves businesses and seniors in limbo until the next tariff flip flop. Congress needs to pass our bipartisan bill, end the tariff rollercoaster, and restore Congress’ Constitutional authority over trade," Wyden said in a statement.

"Abusing emergency powers to impose blanket tariffs not only drives up costs for American families but also tramples on the Constitution. It’s time Congress reasserts its authority and restores the balance of power," Paul said in a statement.

Apr 10, 2025, 1:53 PM EDT

Trump says he's not considering tariff exemptions for companies

Trump said he's not considering any tariff exemptions for companies, but left the door open, claiming there is a lot of "flexibility."

"We don't have that situation now. People understand what we are and what we are going to do, but it could happen," he said.

Apr 10, 2025, 1:52 PM EDT

Trump says if deals aren't reached, higher tariffs will come back

Trump said on Thursday that he thinks he would return to the higher tariff rates he unveiled last week if he doesn't reach a deal with nations affected within the next 90 days.

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, April 10, 2025, in Washington.
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"If we can't make the deal we want to make or we have to make or that's, you know, good for both parties -- it's got to be good for both parties -- then we go back to where we were," Trump said.

When asked if he would extend the 90-day pause, Trump said, "We'll have to see what happens at the time."

Apr 10, 2025, 1:46 PM EDT

Trump brushes off concerns of Chinese reduction on US movies

Trump was asked by ABC News' Karen Travers if he had any concerns about reports that China would reduce the number of U.S.-produced films to play in their theaters.

"I think I've heard of worse things," Trump responded, prompting laughter from his Cabinet.

President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, April 10, 2025.
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