Some tech, such as the iPhone, dodges the tariffs — no such luck for Nintendo and the Switch 2.
U.S. President and noted WWE Hall of Fame inductee Donald Trump has, much to the delight of Apple's Tim Cook no doubt, put an, albeit temporary, exemption in place on certain tech goods being imported into the U.S.
Yes, in amongst all the tariff drama of late is a new detail in which specific tech products can skip the otherwise crazy import tariffs.
However, what's good news for one mega corp, doesn't necessarily translate as good for others. This new exemption applies to just a certain grouping of tech goods, so whereas the mostly Chinese-made iPhone is now exempt, the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 is not.
That's because this new exclusion only applies to a grouping of PCs/laptops, phones, storage, and chips — whereas the likes of the Switch 2 and PS5, etc fall into a separate category dubbed 'Video game consoles and machines'.
However, it's not all bad news for Nintendo though, as Christopher Dring, writing at The Game Business, points out that Switch games are likely exempt as the cartridges are classed as 'solid-state non-volatile storage devices'. A tiny win perhaps for a company that's navigating a tricky tariff launch situation.
So yeah, Apple and other big U.S. tech firms get a leg up for a bit — but broadly speaking the tariff confusion continues.
