US President Donald Trump announces 100% tariffs on chips and semiconductors

"This is good news for the companies that manufacture them in the United States," the American president said again on Wednesday.

US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday, August 6, that he intends to impose 100% customs duties on "chips and semiconductors ," without specifying, for the moment, the date of entry into force of this new customs tax.

"We're going to put significant tariffs on chips and semiconductors," he said from the White House, " around 100%. But that's good news for the companies that make them in the United States."

While it produced more than 40% of the world's semiconductors several decades ago, the United States now represents less than 10% of production according to the White House, and a virtually zero share of high-precision semiconductors.