Washington, Nov 19, 2025

Officials of US President Donald Trump’s administration have said privately that they might not impose semiconductor tariffs soon, potentially postponing a plan to roll out the sector-specific duty, a report said on Thursday.

Reuters reported, citing multiple unnamed people, that the officials recently delivered the message to government and private-industry stakeholders, amid concerns that additional tariffs could provoke China and heighten worries about consumer prices, reports Yonhap news agency.

Citing two people, the news agency said that aides to Trump are taking their time on the tariffs as they seek to avoid risking another round of trade friction with China.

But a White House official and a Commerce Department official denied that the Trump administrat

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