The Trump tariffs could financially hit Apple's chip production partnership with TSMC, after the President insisted the import taxes will be applied to semiconductors and other specific industries in the near future.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is at the centre of a geopolitical and economic tug-of-war as it navigates US efforts to localise semiconductor manufacturing. While the Biden administration allocated $6.

President Donald Trump has stated that he plans to impose tariffs as high as 100% on semiconductors made outside the U.S. Trump previewed the plan Monday afternoon during a GOP event in his Doral, Florida, golf resort. He indicated that the new tariffs could also apply to certain other products including pharmaceuticals.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans Monday night to impose massive tariffs on Taiwan-made chips in an attempt to incentivize companies to relocate production to the United States. On the one hand,

President Donald Trump previously criticized the CHIPS and Science Act, leading to speculation over whether the law could be repealed or tweaked under the new administration.

Trump's speech did not provide additional details about his proposed tariffs. However, speaking to reporters afterward, he stated his intention to implement a "much bigger" tariff

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs on imported computer chips, pharmaceuticals and steel, he said on Monday, to push companies to manufacture more in the United States. The comments mark the latest in a number of trade-related threats unleashed by Trump in recent days.

Calling Biden’s CHIPS Act incentives ‘ridiculous,’ he claimed companies will build new plants in the US to avoid higher taxes and called DeepSeek’s AI a ‘positive.’

The tariffs would ensnare cutting-edge smartphone and PC-related chips for Apple, AMD and Nvidia if enacted. But Trump is betting his plan will bring more chip production to the US.