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The Electronics Industry and Trump Tariffs

Feb. 11, 2025

Editors from Power & Motion, IndustryWeek, and Electronic Design discuss the tariff situation.

Electronics companies are concerned about how new and potential tariffs might disrupt their global supply chain. In this episode of Inside Electronics, Sara Jensen, Executive Editor at Power & Motion, Robert Schoenberger, Editor-in-Chief at IndustryWeek, James Morra, Senior Editor at Electronic Design, and William Wong, Senior Content Director at Electronic Design discuss the topic, including the reasons why these issues are so complex.

Many vendors rely heavily on production in China, Canada, and Mexico. Unfortunately, much of this remains in flux as tariff threats and follow-through change almost daily.

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William G. Wong | Senior Content Director - Electronic Design and Microwaves & RF

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I earned a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters in Computer Science from Rutgers University. I still do a bit of programming using everything from C and C++ to Rust and Ada/SPARK. I do a bit of PHP programming for Drupal websites. I have posted a few Drupal modules.

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