Thanks, Trump tariffs, now I gotta replace my phone battery
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Summary
Supply chain disruptions, brought on by Donald Trump’s trade wars, have led to an increase in the price of consumer electronics such as mobile phones and computers.
Tariffs on imported Chinese goods, including laptops and iPhones, range between 10% and 25%, and with many companies now having to fork out for additional shipping costs due to delays, prices are being forced up.
Just-in-time manufacturing, used by companies such as Apple for its products, leaves no room for delay or error in the supply chain, meaning that even small disruptions can wreak havoc.
Shortages of products, especially CPU chips, are now beginning to appear as a result of these problems, with Apple’s new iPhone 13 shipments to carriers in the US now being delayed by approximately one month.
Consumers are being urged to fix broken phones and other devices where possible, rather than shelling out for a new one.