The US Trade Representative’s (USTR) office announced that its 25% tariffs on PC components – GPUs, CPUs, SSDs, and other relevant hardware – will not go into effect for a further three months. The new date for the tariffs is now set for 1 December 2025.
This is the second extension for PC components this year, but this time around, there is an air of uncertainty for the Trump administration, at least from a legal standpoint – a Federal appeals court has seemingly ruled some of its tariffs as unconstitutional.
As per a NYT report, the ruling affirmed that President Trump did not possess unlimited authority to impose taxes on nearly all imports to the US. However, instead of quashing them, the appellate judges are allowed the tariffs to remain in place to allow the President’s administration to appeal the case to the Supreme Court.
The tariff delay notwithstanding, you don’t need a vivid imagination to know how Trump reacted. In a social media post on his platfrom, Truth Social, he posted “Today a Highly Partisan Appeals Court incorrectly said that our Tariffs should be removed, but they know the United States of America will win in the end. If these Tariffs ever went away, it would be a total disaster for the Country.”
To be clear, US tariffs on countries that produce PC components, game consoles, and other electronics that are already in effect are already affecting US imports. The prices for GPUs, unfortunately, have been consistently and unrealistically high for the past several years, with some models of NVIDIA’s latest Blackwell Series cards being sold for as much as 150% higher than MSRP.
