{
  "id": 260573,
  "title": "Trump orders new 15% tariff on key material for solar panels and microchips",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/trump-orders-new-15-tariff-on-key-material-for-solar-panels-and",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-07T09:11:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/07/trump-orders-tariff-solar-panels-microchips-manufacturing-ingredient"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Move to raise levy on goods made with polysilicon aims to protect domestic US supply chains from China, the major producer Donald Trump has ordered a new 15% tariff on imported products made of polysilicon, an important ingredient in microchip manufacturing that is primarily produced by China. The new tariff, which will take effect on 4 December, is aimed at supporting US chip and solar panel…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}