Trump will explain tariffs on electronics on Monday
The administration announced late Friday that some electronics were exempt.
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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Democratic Rep. Linda Sanchez pressed Greer during Wednesday's Ways and Means Committee hearing on whether holding both roles represented a conflict of interest.
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Greer responded that Trump is open to negotiating with countries that want "reciprocal" trade and to reduce deficits. Buchanan followed up by pressing for more details on the process going forward, which Greer didn't directly answer but said some long-term negotiations with other countries “might require, you know, congressional action.”
Greer added that he had meetings on Tuesday with his counterparts from the European Union, South Korea, Ecuador, and Mexico.
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"The President has our farmers' and our ranchers' backs, just as in the first term. We are already putting together — if necessary, we're hopeful not necessary, but if necessary — a package that can mitigate a lot of that damage, if not all of it," Rollins told News Nation without any further details.
"But that is a long-term question. We really won't know the full impact for months to come," she added.
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