Tariffs and Chip Export Bans: Emerging Challenges for the Gaming Industry Under the Trump Administration
By EsqSocial Corporation 25/04/25
The global video game industry with over $200 billion value thrives on cutting-edge hardware and innovative gaming content. However, recent trade policies introduced by the Trump administration in 2025, including new tariffs on Chinese, Canadian, and Mexican imports in February and March; the recent imposition of an additional global baseline tariff for imports from almost all countries and steep additional “reciprocal” tariffs on select U.S. trading partners in April; and still further...
By: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati