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New Trump Tariffs Won't Include Fitness Trackers Or the Apple Watch (theverge.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the OK-but-what-about-the-important-stuff dept.

According to Bloomberg, the next round of China tariffs won't include devices that receive and transmit voice data, a category that includes the Apple Watch, Fitbits, Sonos Speakers, and a host of other fitness trackers and home assistants. The Verge reports: The White House recently backed down on the rate at which the imports would be taxed. Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal reported that listed goods would likely be taxed at only 10 percent. As recently as August, President Trump had considered setting the rate at 25 percent. Customs documents describe the category in vague terms, listing the devices as "machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data." But that vague category has come to encompass a wide range of personal tech, including fitness trackers and personal voice assistants. The Apple Watch, AirPods, HomePod, BeatsWL, AirPort, and Time Capsule all fall under the code, according to a letter submitted by Apple to the U.S. Trade Representative. Other categories of Apple products will still be affected by the tariff, including adapters, the Mac mini, and any circuit boards or internal components shipped individually to the United States.

2 of 81 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Only one way to sort this out by sit1963nz · · Score: 4, Informative

    Oh wait, the rest of the world kept hearing "USA First" from Trump...... problem is the rest of the world said FU and said "USA last", so Trump has managed to piss off the 96% of the worlds population that does not live in the USA.
    China on the other hand has been negotiating and signing trade agreements with the rest of the world, while Humpty Trumpty has been tearing them up.

  2. Re:Phones? by No+Longer+an+AC · · Score: 4, Informative

    Phones are excluded along with golf clubs and plastic napkins for some reason.

    What are plastic napkins?

    Xmas ornaments (what about other holiday ornaments? Mardi Gras beads for example!)
    Sunglasses
    Bras
    more...

    What Would Evade $250 Billion In Trump China Tariffs? Golf Clubs, Plastic Napkins, Cell Phones, More

    Here's what is covered:

    https://ustr.gov/sites/default...