How the tech world is responding to tariff chaos
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It’s important to keep saying that we still don’t know much about what’s going on with the Trump administration’s tariff policy. They’re on again, they’re off again. They’re a negotiating tactic! They’re a permanent policy don’t even ask! With China, the numbers are quickly becoming so large they’re basically pretend, and with many other countries the number whipsaws back and forth on a practically daily basis.
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That is the chaos tech companies large and small are having to grapple with right now. On this episode of The Vergecast, Nilay, David, and The Verge’s Jake Kastrenakes talk about how they’re coping. (After a brief diversion in party speaker territory.) Huge corporations like Nintendo are delaying pre-orders and reassessing prices; smaller companies like Framework are stopping and starting and re-pricing all in the span of a few …