Trump plans to impose 100 pct tariff on imported semiconductors

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he plans to impose a 100 percent tariff on imported semiconductors.

However, there will be no charge for chips and semiconductors built in the U.S., he told reporters at the White House.

Together with Apple's Chief Executive Tim Cook, he also announced that Apple plans to invest an additional 100 billion U.S. dollars in the United States.

In a press release, Apple said the new commitment is a significant acceleration of its U.S. investment that now totals 600 billion dollars over the next four years.

Apple also announced the American Manufacturing Program, through which it will increase its investment across America and incentivize global companies to manufacture even more critical components in the United States.

This is the latest promise made by Apple to bring more of its supply chain and advanced manufacturing back to the United States and avoid tariffs on its iPhones, local media reported on Wednesday.

In May, Trump threatened Apple and other phone manufacturers with a 25 percent tariff on products made outside the United States.

The death toll in the war-torn Gaza Strip has risen to 71,455 since the conflict between Hamas and Israel erupted on Oct 7, 2023, with the number of injuries reaching 171,347, Gaza's health authorities said on Friday.

In the past 24 hours, hospitals in Gaza received 14 more bodies, including 12 new deaths and two bodies recovered from the rubble, in addition to 18 new injuries as of 11:00 on Friday, the authorities said.

Since the ceasefire agreement took effect on Oct 11, 2025, Israeli attacks have killed 463 people and wounded 1,269 others, according to the Gaza health authorities.