Opinion
Semiconductor exemptions from recent US tariffs are largely illusory. Most enter via finished products like servers, GPUs, laptops and phones. The supposed benefits of semiconductor exemptions are erased.
Ahmad Shadid is the Founder of O.xyz, an ecosystem building the first sovereign superintelligence, and the founder and former CEO of IO.net, a Solana-based decentralized infrastructure provider.
Semiconductor exemptions from recent US tariffs are largely illusory. Most enter via finished products like servers, GPUs, laptops and phones. The supposed benefits of semiconductor exemptions are erased.
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