# @pcmag on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-12-02T21:30:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PCMag (@pcmag) — https://gondola.cc/pcmag

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PC builders in the US won't have to worry about a 25% tariff on graphics cards from China for at least another year. 😌

The Trump administration will delay the implementation of "Section 301" tariffs on Chinese-assembled GPUs, motherboards, and PC cases until at least Nov. 10, 2026. 

The duties were supposed to take effect over the weekend, but on Nov. 1, the White House signaled it would delay Section 301 tariffs for another year after reaching a trade deal with Beijing. The Office for the US Trade Representative (USTR) then quietly confirmed the pause ahead of Thanksgiving.

The decision to keep the Section 301 tariffs on the back burner comes as pricing for many PC graphics cards has somewhat normalized. But there’s concern it might not last. The demand for AI data centers has been eating into memory production, causing costs for RAM, especially DDR5, to skyrocket to over 200% in recent months. As a result, a pack of 64GB DDR5 can now cost over $500. The shortage also risks impacting video memory production, which could lead to price increases for GPUs next year.

#Tariffs #Section301 #GPU #PCBuilding #TradeWar

📸: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images 

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gpu, tariffs, tradewar, section301, pcbuilding

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