# President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on certain advanced computing chips.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-01-14 · Newsmax*

## Key points

- Trump imposed a 25% tariff on Nvidia H200 and AMD MI325X advanced computing chips.
- The tariff targets national security concerns and aims to boost U.S. semiconductor production.
- Chips for U.S. data centers, startups, and public sector applications are exempt from the tariff.
- Future, broader tariffs on semiconductor imports and derivatives may also be implemented.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed a 25% tariff on certain advanced computing chips, such as the ‍Nvidia H200 AI processor ‍and a similar semiconductor from AMD called the MI325X, according to ⁠a fact sheet released by the White House. The proclamation cited national ​security concerns for the tariffs, and is part of a broader effort to ‍create incentives for chipmakers to produce more semiconductors ⁠in the U.S. and decrease reliance on chip manufacturers in places such as Taiwan. The tariff will not apply to ⁠chips imported for ​U.S. data centers, ⁠startups, non-data center consumer applications, non-data center ‍civil industrial applications and U.S. public sector applications. Trump, in ‌the near future, might also impose broader tariffs on imports of semiconductors ⁠and ​their derivative products ‍to incentivize domestic manufacturing, according to the fact sheet.

**Companies:** Nvidia, AMD
**Countries:** United States, Taiwan

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