US Commerce Dept investigates security risk of chip imports

US Commerce Dept investigates security risk of chip imports

World War Fee: There's a new tariff in town

US launches semiconductor probe to explain away tariff exemptions

To somehow support claims that the tariff exemption is not an exemption at all, the White House has announced an investigation into the entire semiconductor market segment.

US to investigate semiconductor imports

The Section 232 investigation comes ahead of anticipated tariffs on the industry.

U.S. announces probe into chip, electronics imports, paving the way for new tariffs

The U.S. Commerce Department is conducting an investigation into imports of various semiconductor technologies and electronics, a federal notice shows.

Commerce Initiates Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

On April 1, 2025, it was announced that the Department of Commerce had initiated an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to determine the effects on the national security of imports of semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME), and their derivative products. This includes, among other things, semiconductor substrates and bare wafers, legacy chips, leading-edge chips, microelectronics, and SME co…

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer, is currently under investigation by the U.S. Department of Commerce for potential violations of export controls. This investigation could result in a fine in excess of $1 billion. The main problem lies in the production by TSMC of [...] The TSMC article in turmoil: U.S. investigation and risk of a fine of $1 billion! appeared first on BlogNT: the B…