Hardware Industry Graphics card and motherboard China import tariffs pushed back another year Tariff extensions to remain until May 31, 2025 By Daniel Sims, May 30, 2024, 7:59 PM
Hardware Industry PC gamers face higher hardware costs as tariffs on Chinese goods set to return Graphics cards, motherboards, and desktop PC case prices could increase by 25% By Rob Thubron, May 24, 2024, 10:10 AM 22 comments
Car Tech Industry US to impose new tariffs on Chinese clean-energy imports including EVs The levy on Chinese EV imports will rise from 25 percent to 100 percent By Erika Morphy, May 12, 2024, 8:48 AM 45 comments
Industry Hardware U.S. delays re-imposing tariffs on Chinese goods, keeping graphics card prices stable for now The deadline has been extended by five months By Rob Thubron, January 4, 2024, 9:03 AM 8 comments
Hardware Industry US extends tariff exemption on GPUs and PCBs for another nine months GPUs thankfully avoid a 25% price hike By Isaiah Mayersen, December 18, 2022, 11:39 AM
Industry Gaming GPU tariff exemption expires December 31, possibly increasing graphics card prices GPU prices had only recently normalized By Daniel Sims, December 1, 2022, 4:41 PM 15 comments
Hardware Pakistan will tax GPUs based on VRAM capacity, seriously VRAM isn't the best way to rank GPUs By Daniel Sims, August 24, 2022, 5:34 PM 19 comments
Hardware Industry Asus will slash its GPU prices by up to 25 percent starting in April So it begins By Adrian Potoroaca, March 29, 2022, 10:59 AM 18 comments
Industry US excludes some Chinese imports from tariffs, potentially dropping motherboard and GPU prices Emphasis on the potentially By Rob Thubron, March 25, 2022, 8:58 AM 23 comments
Hardware Industry Nvidia and Zotac urge US to drop Trump-era China tariffs on graphics cards Let's hope it makes a difference By Rob Thubron, December 3, 2021, 9:05 AM 31 comments
Industry Trade agreement between US and China means no price rise for next-gen consoles Thankfully By Rob Thubron, January 29, 2020, 10:11 AM 13 comments
Industry Apple Trump's trade deal with China means no iPhone price increase The iPhone 11 Pro could have become $150 more expensive By Rob Thubron, December 13, 2019, 5:20 AM 19 comments
Apple Industry Apple will build a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas CEO Tim Cook is meeting President Trump today By Adrian Potoroaca, November 20, 2019, 2:10 PM 20 comments
Apple Industry Apple asks for its products to be exempt from US tariffs Apple relies heavily on Chinese manufacturing By Rob Thubron, November 4, 2019, 9:22 AM 19 comments
Hardware Apple Apple says it will assemble the new Mac Pro in the US All thanks to federal product exclusions By Adrian Potoroaca, September 24, 2019, 6:15 AM 15 comments
Industry Tech Culture US tariffs on Chinese goods will cost between $300 to $1,000 per household Laptops and phones won't be affected until mid-December By Adrian Potoroaca, September 3, 2019, 6:58 AM 28 comments
Industry Apple Tim Cook and President Trump discuss implications of the trade war on Apple Cupertino might be given some tariff relief considering the trade war puts rival Samsung in a better position By Humza Aamir, August 19, 2019, 8:19 AM 24 comments
Industry Electronics Smartwatches, smart speakers, and bluetooth headphones will be hit with 10 percent Chinese import tax Bad news for Apple and other tech giants By Cohen Coberly, August 13, 2019, 3:43 PM
Industry Sony says its PlayStation consoles could get more expensive if China tariffs are expanded Both the PS4 and PS5 would be affected By Rob Thubron, July 31, 2019, 7:20 AM 15 comments
Hardware Apple Trump says Apple won't get tax waivers or cuts for new Mac Pro parts made in China The president wants an all-American Mac Pro By Adrian Potoroaca, July 26, 2019, 4:03 PM 27 comments
Industry Apple Apple asks government for tariff exemption on Mac Pro parts imported from China The computer had previously been built in the US By Rob Thubron, July 24, 2019, 5:59 AM
Industry Hardware Google, Microsoft, Amazon and others plan to move production out of China The U.S.-China trade war is far from over By Adrian Potoroaca, July 3, 2019, 1:11 PM
Industry Microsoft Intel, Microsoft, HP, and Dell unite against proposed tariffs on Chinese imports They warn that "cost-conscious customers" will be hit hardest By Rob Thubron, June 20, 2019, 7:27 AM 10 comments
Industry Report: China tariffs will see laptop, phone, and console prices rise in US By Rob Thubron, June 19, 2019, 6:58 AM 25 comments
Apple Industry Apple considering relocation of iPhone manufacturing if tariffs rise past 25 percent Still unlikely to make iPhones in the United States By Greg Synek, December 12, 2018, 9:45 AM