US sets 25 percent tariff on select chipsNVIDIA DEAL: US sets 25 percent tariff on select chipsBloombergThe US has imposed a 25 percent tariff on imports of certain advanced semiconductors, a key step in an agreement blessed by US President Donald Trump allowing Nvidia Corp to ship Taiwan-made H200 artificial intelligence (AI) processors to China. The 25 percent tariff applies to “a very narrow category of semiconductors that are an important element of my administration’s AI and technology policies,” the proclamation said. There is an exception for those chips that are imported to support the build-out of the US technology supply chain, it said. Trump signed the measure a day after the US Bureau of Industry and Security eased its criteria for securing licenses to export H200 chips to China. The US must still take additional actions before Nvidia can send the chips to China, including the approval of export licenses by the bureau.

Source: Taipei Times January 15, 2026 16:05 UTC