{"id":3704,"date":"2025-02-06T16:45:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T16:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/keyboard-maker-suspends-us-shipments-over-trump-tariffs\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T16:45:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T16:45:40","slug":"keyboard-maker-suspends-us-shipments-over-trump-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/keyboard-maker-suspends-us-shipments-over-trump-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Keyboard maker suspends US shipments over Trump tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mechanical keyboard manufacturer Qwertykeys announced on Wednesday that it has suspended all U.S. product shipments due to new tariffs levied by the Trump administration. The Guangdong-based company cited a February 1 announcement of 10% tariffs on imported Chinese goods as the primary reason for this decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis new policy replaces all previous tariff exemptions, including the exemption for low-value parcels under $800,\u201d the company writes in an announcement. \u201cAs a result, all keyboards from China to the U.S. are now subject to 45% tariffs at full value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, logistics giant DHL has introduced a \u201ctariff deposit\u201d along with a new $21 package processing fee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qwertykeys is among the first \u2013 but likely not the last \u2013 Chinese hardware companies to fully suspend shipments over the rapidly increasing cost of business during the second Trump term. New tariffs are having a disproportionate impact on smaller companies operating with significantly tighter margins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/02\/06\/keyboard-maker-suspends-u-s-shipments-over-trump-tariffs-on-chinese-goods\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mechanical keyboard manufacturer Qwertykeys announced on Wednesday that it has suspended all U.S. product shipments due to new tariffs levied by the Trump administration. The Guangdong-based company cited a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[958,959,960,583],"class_list":["post-3704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-keyboard","tag-mechanical-keyboard","tag-qwertykeys","tag-tariffs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Limited_Edition_2048x2048.webp.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}