Trump will explain tariffs on electronics on Monday

The administration announced late Friday that some electronics were exempt.

Last Updated: April 13, 2025, 11:43 PM EDT

President Donald Trump on Sunday said there will be no exceptions for tariffs on electronics and that he would clarify his administration's policy on Monday.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced late Friday that some smartphones, computers, chips and other electronics would be exempted from tariffs, but Trump's top economic advisers hit the Sunday talk shows to explain the policy, saying that tariffs against electronics would be coming in the next month or two.

“There was no Tariff ‘exemption’ announced on Friday," Trump posted Sunday afternoon, and that semiconductor tariffs will “just be moving to a different Tariff ‘bucket.’”

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Apr 07, 2025, 8:14 AM EDT

Trump claims tariffs are making 'billions,' offers no evidence

President Donald Trump touted the U.S. economy in a post to Truth Social on Monday, saying that oil prices, interest rates and other prices are down and claiming -- without providing evidence -- that "the long time abused USA is bringing in Billions of Dollars a week from the abusing countries on Tariffs that are already in place."

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, on April 4, 2025.
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"This is despite the fact that the biggest abuser of them all, China, whose markets are crashing, just raised its Tariffs by 34%, on top of its long term ridiculously high Tariffs (Plus!), not acknowledging my warning for abusing countries not to retaliate," Trump wrote.

The president made no mention of the dramatic losses in Asian and European markets on Monday.

ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

Apr 07, 2025, 6:42 AM EDT

Tariffs will 'likely' increase inflation, JPMorgan Chase CEO says

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon wrote in a letter to investors published on Monday of his "serious concern" as to how President Donald Trump's tariff policy "will affect America's long-term economic alliances."

JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon is pictured during an event at the Chateau de Versailles, outside Paris, France, on May 13, 2024.
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"The recent tariffs will likely increase inflation and are causing many to consider a greater probability of a recession," Dimon wrote in JPMorgan Chase's 2024 annual report.

"And even with the recent decline in market values, prices remain relatively high," he added. "These significant and somewhat unprecedented forces cause us to remain very cautious."

"The United States has had a rather healthy and steady economy for years, although it was already weakening as I began writing this letter -- and that was before the recent tariff announcement," he added.

-ABC News' Zunaira Zaki

Apr 07, 2025, 4:48 AM EDT

World stock markets, US futures continue slide

Key global stock markets tumbled upon opening on Monday as the world's reaction to President Donald Trump's tariffs campaign continued -- and as U.S. futures signaled more turmoil for American markets.

In the U.S., futures for the S&P 500 lost 4.5%, those for the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 4% and Nasdaq futures lost 4.8% as of Monday morning.

A man walks past a screen showing stock market movements at a securities company in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, on April 7, 2025.
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In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index lost nearly 9% shortly after the market opened. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dropped more than 13%.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 index dropped more than 6%, Germany's DAX index fell 10%, France's CAC lost 6.6% and Italy's FTSE MIB slid 5.7%. The British FTSE 100 index fell 6% upon opening.

Apr 06, 2025, 9:26 PM EDT

Trump says he won't make deal with China on tariffs unless trade deficit is resolved

President Donald Trump said America's trade deficit with China must first be resolved before he considers making a deal regarding his sweeping tariffs against the country.

"We have a trillion-dollar trade deficit with China -- hundreds of billions of dollars a year we lose with China. And unless we solve that problem, I'm not going to make a deal," the president told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday.

"Now, I'm willing to deal with China, but they have to solve their surplus. We have a tremendous deficit problem with China. They have a surplus of at least a trillion dollars a year. I think it's like a trillion one, and I want that solved," Trump said.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters while in flight on board Air Force One, en route to Miami, April 3, 2025.
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The president also discussed with reporters the TikTok deal being in limbo, saying that China did not approve the deal because of the tariffs on the country.

"The report is that we had a deal -- pretty much for TikTok, not a deal, but pretty close and then China changed the deal because of tariffs. If I gave a little cut in tariffs, it approved that deal in 15 minutes, which shows you the power of tariffs," Trump said.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

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