Smartphones and laptops are among items exempt from recent China tariffs, but Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says more focused tariffs are on their way.

Smartphones, PCs, and servers won’t face the highest tariffs rates, according to a document from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency.

China has put civilian government officials in Beijing on “wartime footing” and ordered a diplomatic charm offensive aimed at encouraging other countries to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs,

The country, a key destination for California's billions of dollars in exports, has imposed an 84% tariff on U.S. goods.

A long list of electronic products got a reprieve for now from at least some of the levies on China, which had been expected to take a toll on tech giants like Apple.

Tariff exemptions announced Friday on electronics like smartphones and laptops are only a temporary reprieve until the Trump administration develops a new tariff approach specific to the semiconductor industry,

Documentary filmmaker Jeremy Corbell spoke with NBC News' Gadi Schwartz about a new video of an unidentified tic tac object possibly recorded by a Navy ship near the California coast in 2023. President Trump exempted smartphones,