On August 6, President Trump held an Oval Office briefing during which he announced that 100% sectoral tariffs would be levied on semiconductors imported to the United States. He also noted that companies who have invested in, or commit to investing in, US manufacturing facilities would be exempted from these tariffs. However, the timing of tariff implementation and associated operational details were not disclosed. Separately, a number of companies issued press releases signaling their intention to build i ...

Joining us now is Wendy Cutler, vice president at the Asia Society Policy Institute. She's a former acting deputy at the US Trade Representatives Office and worked on negotiations including on the TPP deal and high level China talks. And Wendy, it's great to have you on the show.Welcome. Thank you. Um so, so let's start right there because we did see these deadlines for the cipal tariffs at least in terms of u the the companies for which these letters have gone out extended to August 1st.How much can get do ...