Asia chip stocks fall after Trump says tariffs on semiconductors and chips will be announced soon Asian chip stocks fell after U.S. President Donald Trump said he will unveil new tariffs on semiconductors and chips as soon as next week. Japan's Tokyo Electron and Lasertec fell 3.46% and 1.82% respectively. Renesas Electron lost 3.68%. Shares of South Korean memory chipmakers also fell. SK Hynix lost 2.09%, while Samsung Electronics lost 1.43%. Taiwan's TSMC stocks fell 2.17%. "We're going to be announcing on semiconductors and chips, which is a separate category, because we want them made in the United States," Trump said during a lengthy interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box." Trump said that the announcement will come "within the next week or so." He did not provide other details about the plan. "Μπερδεμένες" διαθέσεις επικράτησαν στα ασιατικά χρηματιστήρια, καθώς οι αγορές διατηρούν στραμμένη την προσοχή στους δασμούς του Ντόνλαντ Τραμπ.