What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for Tech—and You

Katie Drummond: Howard is a very exciting promise by Lutnick. I can’t wait to talk about the lack of any of this.

Michael Heat: Of course not as soon as possible.

Lauren Goode: Is this at the same time using small screws and talked about millions of hero?

Katie Drummond: Oh, yes. Teeny little screws? Teeny little screws? Yes.

Lauren Goode: This is facing a nation in CBS, I think we all see.

Howard Lutnick [Archival audio]: Millions and millions of people make small screws to make the army, small and small screws. This kind of thing intends to come to America.

Michael Heat: So Elon tweeted through her. Tim Cook is probably sitting on Twitter and opened some tweets that calls different members of the White House Counseling Board, aren’t it?

Lauren Goode: Tim Cook has not said anything open.

Katie Drummond: Let’s give this man a little credit. It is very smart to do it. Apple is savvy as they come, I expect to hear anything about them. Lauren’s point is almost running this behind the landscapes, but they want this in terms of public optics, comments, smooth sail, etc.

Lauren Goode: Katie, you celebrated in the inauguration ceremony, when I saw a photo of the work technological CEOS, I think your Tim’s cook seems like you want to vomit?

Katie Drummond: He was not fully conscious with enthusiasm, like colleagues, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Cetera. Someone looked like he died and perhaps his company based on what happened at the moment,

Michael Heat: Hope to the future. Well, one of the other people in that photo, Mr. Jeff Bezos, talk about one of the others from Amazon CEO. Now Amazon is not a hardware company like Apple, but engages in hard goods. So what does the tariffs mean for Amazon and his work?

Lauren Goode: Well, we just need to note, and our colleague, colleague, Zeyi Yang, this is known as the freedom of minimis for shipping companies from China and eliminates this freedom that is not good for new trade companies.

Michael Heat: If your goods are less than $ 800?

Lauren Goode: I believe yes.

Michael Heat: You don’t have to pay heavy import tax on it.

Lauren Goode: Yes. Exactly.

Katie Drummond: This is a little less cleansed and I’m happy to say to argue about it or saying I’m wrong. It shows itself in a less bad way for Amazon and its companies and his companies and apple and tim cooks. I trust the Chinese goods sold on Amazon platforms, I think it is at least 50 percent. More than 50 percent of their selling Amazon. However, Lauren’s say, these other trade giants will be really difficult by these tariffs, it will be struck by these tariffs, in some respects, in some respects, the playground for Amazon. And then openly Michael, not a hardware company up to your point. It is clear that they are a mass trading company, but there are Amazon web services, they also have other parties to more insulated companies than the immediate effects of tariffs. I mean, how do you both sit?