U.S. President signs executive order to adjust global tariffs on Thursday
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Nintendo Friday announced that it is raising original prices Nintendo Switch, Lite and OLED consoles and US “based on market conditions” switch accessories. The company is also determining the price Nintendo Switch 2 accessories, Amiibo and Nintendo Sound clock: alarm clock product.
price Nintendo The Switch 2 console and its games will remain the same. However, the company noted that “the price adjustment may be required in the future.”
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to adjust current global tariffs and raise them for several countries on Thursday. The new tariff plan will take effect on August 7.
Nintendo before Announce On June 30, the prices of switch systems, games and products will rise “according to market conditions” on August 1. In Canada, tariffs have increased from 25% to 35%.
As of June 30, 153.1 million units of the Switch Console have been sold. The number includes Nintendo Switches, Lite Edition and OLED console. Switching software sales were 14.15 billion units.
Nintendo The switch console was launched in March 2017.
Nintendo issued The new Switch 2 hosting worldwide will be available on June 5th.
company Delay From April 9 to April 24, the US Switch 2 booking “evaluates the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions.”
Background of the new US tariffs
Trump announced on April 2 that benchmark tariffs on global imports will begin on April 5. He also announced that he claimed to be April 9, and that he would start expropriation of many countries. Vietnam and Cambodia will receive some additional tariff rates at 46% and 49%, respectively, while China will receive 24% and 34% and 34% and 34% and 34% and 34% and 34% and 34%. The president then suspended tariffs in almost all countries within a few days, and he continued to raise them to 145% (including those imposed before the current administration), and China responded to its own tariffs reaching 125% of the U.S. tariffs. May 12, the United States and China agree Reduce tariffs for 90 days. The United States has reduced the effective tariff rate on Chinese goods from 145% to 30%, and China has reduced the tariff rate on American goods from 125% to 10%.
this White House A list of tax-free products was released after the announcement on April 2. The list includes “printed books, brochures, flyers and similar printed substances”, where books such as comics and other comic books physically printed in Asia will be exempt from other duties. The U.S. government has since clarified other commodities that will be excluded from these specific tariffs, including steel and aluminum products, automotive and automotive products, certain critical resources, smartphones, computers and various electronic parts.
The new U.S. tariffs will also affect toys, numbers and other goods produced in China, Vietnam, Japan and elsewhere in Asia.
The U.S. government notes that it can further or lower tariffs depending on how the country responds. The current situation of the new U.S. trade protectionist tariff policy is extremely fluid and turbulent, and changes and clarifications are taking place almost every day.
source: Nintendo
