Mereo@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTrump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronicsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1473arrow-down17
arrow-up1466arrow-down1external-linkTrump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronicsapnews.comMereo@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 hours agoEven once it opens, it’s cheaper to pay taxes on an empty factory than it is to pay tariffs or American workers.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoPlus of course the problem that chip manufacturing is not a US traditional industry, so there probably isn’t that much skilled labor. Ironically they’re probably going to end up having to hire foreign nationals.
Even once it opens, it’s cheaper to pay taxes on an empty factory than it is to pay tariffs or American workers.
Plus of course the problem that chip manufacturing is not a US traditional industry, so there probably isn’t that much skilled labor.
Ironically they’re probably going to end up having to hire foreign nationals.