Acer CEO says its PC prices to increase by 10 percent in response to Trump tariffs

Acer CEO says its PC prices to increase by 10 percent in response to Trump tariffs

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PC-manufacturer Acer has stated that it prepares to raise the rates of its PCs in the United States by 10 percent, a direct action to the brand-new 10 percent import tariff on Chinese products that the Trump administration revealed previously this month.

“We will have to adjust the end user price to reflect the tariff,” stated Acer CEO Jason Chen in an interview with The Telegraph. “We think 10 percent probably will be the default price increase because of the import tax. It’s very straightforward.”

These cost increases will not present immediately, according to Chen– items delivered from China before the tariffs entered into result previously this month will not undergo the increased import taxes– however we can anticipate them to appear in PC price over the next couple of weeks.

Chen likewise stated that Acer was thinking about moving more of its production beyond China as an outcome of the tariffs, something that Acer had actually provided for a few of its desktop PCs after Trump enforced comparable tariffs on Chinese imports throughout his very first term. Production systems in the United States is likewise “one of the options,” according to Chen.

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