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US tariffs: how Trump’s tax is hitting Big Tech and beyond

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Empty shelves.

That’s what the chairman of one of Apple’s major manufacturers says the US risks within two months, suggesting stores “might resemble those in third-world countries.” Pegatron’s T.H. Tung told Reuters that US importers are still “waiting and seeing” in the hopes that even the 10 percent tariff on goods from outside China will be lifted, leaving short-term supplies under threat.

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