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U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will impose a 100-per-cent tariff on computer chips, likely raising the cost of electronics, autos, household appliances and other goods deemed essential for the digital age.

“We’ll be putting a tariff of approximately 100 per cent on chips and semiconductors,” Trump said in the Oval Office while meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook . “But if you’re building in the United States of America, there’s no charge.”

The Republican president said companies that make computer chips in the U.S. would be spared the impo

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