Chip industry relieved by tariff exemption: analyst

Taiwan’s chip industry can now have a temporary reprieve, as semiconductors have been listed among imports exempted from the latest round of tariffs announced on Wednesday by US President Donald Trump, an analyst said yesterday.

The exemption of semiconductors gave some insight into Trump’s tactics, equity analyst Andy Hsu (許博傑) told the Central News Agency (CNA) in a phone interview in Taipei.