US tariffs: how Trump’s tax is hitting Big Tech and beyond
On April 2nd, President Donald Trump announced staggering new tariffs on imports from dozens of countries that could raise the price of almost everything you buy.
It hasn’t taken long for the impact on tech to start to take shape, with Nintendo delaying preorders of the Nintendo Switch 2 and experts telling The Verge that the tariffs will mean you’ll pay more for all gadgets. Even board game manufacturers have issued grim warnings.
These tariffs are in addition to the ones he imposed earlier this year on goods from some of the US’s biggest trade partners: Canada, Mexico, and China. Trump positioned those tariffs as a way to “halt the flood of poisonous drugs into the United States,” referring to fentanyl. Even at that time, it was clear the change could have a big impact on the cost of a wide variety of goods imported from each country, including electronics, produce, clothing, and much more.
Though Trump previously said the tariffs will “enrich” citizens, consumers are expected to bear the brunt of the fees as they typically lead to higher prices.
Here’s all the latest news on Trump’s tariffs.
- Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns
- China retaliates with tariff that matches Trump’s
- Steve Jackson Games says tariffs are a ‘seismic shift’ for board games
- Trump’s tariffs mean you’ll pay more for all gadgets
- PSA pauses card grading submissions from outside the US
- Trump’s tariffs put the iPhone in a tough spot
- Sonos says it’s ‘assessing potential implications’ of Trump tariffs for customers
- Trump’s tariff plan is a potential death blow to your cheap online shopping
- Trump’s tariffs are ‘a debacle of epic proportions’ for the auto industry
- These are the tariffs about to hit Apple.
- What will the Switch 2 cost after the Trump tariffs?
- Donald Trump announces tariffs that could raise the price of almost everything you buy
- Trump says he will impose a 25 percent tariff on imported vehicles
- Big Tech is now slightly less silent on Trump’s tariffs
- Lego, BMW, and Foxconn comment on Trump’s tariffs.
- Today in Trump tariffs.
- Uranium is in the crosshairs of the US-Canada tariff battle
- The Trump tariffs on Mexico and Canada are mostly on hold.
- What’s an import?
- Best Buy and Target CEOs say prices are about to go up because of tariffs
- “None of that pause stuff.”
- Donald Trump’s tariffs, explained
- Trump imposes tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China
- Trump’s tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico will take effect March 4th
- Trump threatens 25 percent ‘and higher’ tariff on chips.
- Framework says its laptops shouldn’t get stung by Trump tariffs but modules might cost more.
- Acer is the first to raise laptop prices because of Trump
- Small businesses are already feeling Trump’s tariffs
- More Trump tariffs.
- Big Tech is still silent on Trump’s tariffs
- Trump suspends order that created delivery chaos
- Shipping companies warn of delays and new charges from Trump’s China tariffs
- Your packages from China are about to get more expensive.
- China tariffs may already be hiking up import fees
- Qwertykeys halts keyboard shipments to US over tariff costs and confusion
- USPS backtracks, will accept parcels from China after all
- Your packages are about to get slower and more expensive
- China opens Google antitrust probe in retaliation to tariffs
- Shein and Temu depend on a 100-year-old tariff loophole that Trump wants to close
- Trump agrees to a one-month pause on Mexico, Canada tariffs
- Big Tech has been silent on Trump’s tariffs
- Ontario holds off on ‘ripping up’ Starlink deal with US tariffs delayed
- Automakers brace for ‘massive’ impact of Trump’s tariffs
- China responds to Trump’s tariffs threatening ‘corresponding countermeasures.’
- Canada will retaliate against Trump with tariffs on US goods
- Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China
- Canadian officials have reportedly been notified of tariffs.
- Trump’s first round of tariffs is almost here
- Trump says he’ll put tariffs on imported chips ‘in the near future’