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To: Les H who wrote (43991)	10/19/2024 1:29:47 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52028

Trump tariffs would increase laptop prices by $350+, other electronics by as much as 40% The CTA and TPW also estimate that the cost of smartphones would be 25.8% higher, monitors would jump up 31.2%, and game consoles, which are largely manufactured in China, would go up by 39.9%. Because most of them are not manufactured in China, the retail price of prebuilt desktop PCs would only increase by 6%. All told, the cost of electronics would collectively rise by $90 billion each year, costing U.S. consumers a lot more money and leading to fewer sales overall. tomshardware.com