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Big Tech is still silent on Trump’s tariffs

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President Donald Trump ’s 10 percent tariff on goods imported from China has been in effect for nearly a week .

Almost no one in the industry had a public reaction or said how they would respond.

Automakers, on the other hand, have been more vocal.

There are a handful of reasons why companies may be hesitant to comment.

The tariffs have already led to some turmoil for shipments and deliveries. Trump briefly removed the de minimis exemption, which allowed packages valued at less than $800 to enter the US duty free. That led the USPS to briefly stop accepting parcels from China and shoppers seeing additional fees on shipments from other carriers. But on Friday , the Trump administration temporarily paused the removal of the exemption until the process could be made more orderly. Trump said this weekend that he plans to also announce 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum on Monday , according to the Associated Press ..