PC gaming hardware prices rising today as Trump’s tariffs come into effect.. and it’s going to get worse

Happy Tariff day! Yes, today's the day, and Gigabyte has recently got in touch with it’s ‘valued partners’ to reinforce the fact that the $200 billion worth of trade tariffs the United States of America has imposed on Chinese imports will impact their businesses. Effective today, September 24, there is a 10% tariff imposed on a host of different imports from China, and that will increase from January 1, 2019 up to a hefty 25%. The full tariff list covers 5,745 different items - with 297 taken off the original list, including tech like smart watches and Bluetooth devices - and in that list is pretty much everything that goes into making your gaming PC tick. In fact Trump’s list also includes a tariff on the outer workings too, even down to your mouse pad. We hope you're happy with your current rig, because it's going to get mighty pricey to upgrade... Gigabyte’s notice lists all the different PC products that are going to suffer from the tariffs the US government is imposing, with only notebooks, keyboards, memory, and headsets seemingly left out. Though you will see a tariff added onto keyboards if they’re tainted by being bundled with a dirty mouse. Disgusting things.

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