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WSJ Tech News Briefing

TNB Tech Minute: Trump Calls on Intel’s CEO to Resign Over China Ties

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: President Trump imposes roughly 100% tariffs on chips coming to the U.S. The EU says its exports of chips to the U.S. will face a 15% tariff ceiling. SoftBank posts quarterly profit. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.6

I'm Adriana Aspuru for the Wall Street Journal.

0:39.0

President Trump has called on Intel's chief executive Lip Bhutan to resign because of his past

0:45.0

ties to China. As a venture capitalist, Tan invested in Chinese tech companies before starting to

0:51.2

work in the semiconductor industry. Intel is also under scrutiny from lawmakers

0:55.9

because it's receiving billions of dollars in federal funding to boost U.S. chip production.

1:01.9

Intel and the White House didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.

1:06.1

Shares of the company were down more than 2% this morning.

1:09.6

President Trump also said he'd imposed roughly 100%

1:12.8

tariffs on all chips coming to the U.S., but that he'd exempt companies that invest in domestic

1:18.6

manufacturing. The announcement came at an event where Apple pledged a new $100 billion investment

1:25.1

in the U.S. The tech giant has increased its commitments here,

1:29.0

but hasn't moved iPhone production domestically as Trump wanted. Meanwhile, the European

1:34.4

Union said that exports of chips from the EU to the U.S. will face a 15% tariff ceiling,

1:40.9

even after President Trump announced that roughly 100% tariff on all chip imports.

1:46.1

The agreement comes after months of negotiations and includes the European Commission's stated

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