Trump plans separate levy on exempted electronics amid trade war

Open this photo in gallery: A woman walks past an electronics store at a shopping mall in Beijing on April 13.PEDRO PARDO/AFP/Getty Images U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Sunday that smartphones, computers and some other electronics, just exempted from steep tariffs on imports from China, would face separate new duties along with semiconductors within the next two months. Lutnick’s comments on ABC’s “This Week” on critical technology products were the latest twist in President Donald Trump’s tariff plans, which have upended the global trading order and roiled financial markets since they were announced on April 2, which Trump…