How the tech world is responding to tariff chaos
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Itas important to keep saying that we still donat know much about whatas going on with the Trump administrationas tariff policy. Theyare on again, theyare off again. Theyare a negotiating tactic! Theyare a permanent policy donat even ask! With China, the numbers are quickly becoming so large theyare 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 Vergeas Jake Kastrenakes talk about how theyare 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 …