From Barron's' "Stock Futures Surge Higher After Trump’s Tech Tariff Reprieve" posted early Monday.

"While a new, lower so-called sectoral tariff may still come on goods that have semiconductors — and a 20% tariff on China remains — the change marks a win for Apple."

"In 2022, Bloomberg Intelligence estimated it would take eight years to move just 10% of Apple’s production capacity out of China."

"Too bad if you make shoes, or clothing, or thousands of other consumer products that must pay the tariffs but lack the political or market clout to win exemptions."
Excerpts from the notes I've seen. More as they come in.
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