Tim Cook’s ass-kissing pays off
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And I do mean pays off:
President Donald Trump exempted smartphones, computers, and other tech devices and components from his reciprocal tariffs, new guidance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows.
The guidance, issued late Friday evening, comes after Trump earlier this month imposed 145% tariffs on products from China, a move that threatened to take a toll on tech giants like Apple, which makes iPhones and most of its other products in China.
The guidance also includes exclusions for other electronic devices and components, including semiconductors, solar cells, flat panel TV displays, flash drives, and memory cards.
The White House said on Saturday the exemptions were made because Trump wants to ensure that companies have time to move production to the U.S.
This remake of Waiting For Godot sucks.
But while this tariffs-and-arbitrary-exemptions is going to do nothing to restore American manufacturing, it certainly creates a basis for corruption the likes of which the world has never seen, which is needless to say the point.