'Nobody is off the hook': Trump says electronics exemption temporary

Washington | President Donald Trump pledged he would still apply tariffs to phones, computers and popular consumer electronics, downplaying a weekend exemption as a procedural step in his overall push to remake US trade. The late-Friday (Saturday AEST) reprieve — exempting a range of popular electronics from 125 per cent tariffs on China and a 10 per cent flat rate around the globe — is temporary and a part of the longstanding plan to apply a different, specific levy to the sector. Trump doubled down on the plan Sunday. Loading… Bloomberg