SECRETARY COMMERCIAL USA

He secretary of Trade from the US, Howard Lutnick, said Sunday that the exemption Tariff for ‘smartphones‘, diverse Components of computer and semiconductors -Aunciated in the last hours- it is temporary, as they will have a specific “soon” lien.

“All these products will be included in the category of semiconductors And they will have a tariff specific (…) will be included in the duty about semiconductorsthat will probably come into force in one or two months. So these will arrive soon, “Lutnick said this Sunday in an interview with the ABC News chain.

This position contrasts with the notice issued Friday night by the Office of Customs and border protection of the United States (CBPin English) in which the ‘smartphones‘, Components of computers and Chips semiconductors, between a list of other electronic devices, of those known as “duty reciprocal “.

This exemptionaccording CBPapplies to those products imported to the US and who have entered the North American country or leave the stores in their places of origin from April 5.

He president United States, Donald Trump, already said yesterday that on Monday he will talk about the possible application of duty to semiconductors in the middle of the Commercial War that maintains with China and given the growing doubts about its erratic strategy in this field.

“We need semiconductors, chips and flat screens; we need these products to be manufactured in the United States. We cannot depend on Southeast Asia (…) Therefore, this is not a permanent exemption (…) is a matter of national security that are manufactured in the United States,”Howard LutnickUS Secretary of Commerce“

The week concluding today, Trump postpired the application of the “duty reciprocal “90 days to negotiate With the countries involved, but set a 10 % base tax on imports.

This helm, however, was not applied to Chinato which Trump has increased these Broving At 125 %, plus another 20 % tax that already weighed against them (145 % in total), causing a proportional response of Beijing and the fear of a Commercial War On a large scale.