While it's unclear if all of Trump's threats to heavily tax imports from various countries into the US will materialise, his administration has already announced a trade policy that includes a 10% tariff on goods imported from China.

It sounds like the price hike may not affect desktops, as Chen told The Telegraph that Acer had moved its desktop computer manufacturing outside China during Trump’s earlier tariffs during his first term. He said Acer might now consider moving some of its laptop manufacturing outside China too, with US manufacturing as “one of the options.”

Goods manufactured in China and imported into the US now face an extra 10 percent tariff, but shipments that arrived before February 4, 2025, were not affected. Acer's price hike, Chen noted, won't apply to existing stock already in the US before that date and may take a few weeks to reach consumers.

Acer CEO Jason Chen confirmed in a UK interview that the company will raise prices on US-bound laptops made in China by 10% next month in response to Trump's tariffs. He also hinted at possible production shifts beyond China,

The boss of one of the world’s biggest computer makers has said he is putting prices up by 10pc as a direct result of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Jason Chen, the chief executive and chairman of Acer, said the US price increase on laptops made in China would happen “by default” and apply from next month.

The effects of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on China will soon be felt by US computer shoppers: Acer says it will raise prices of laptops by 10%. Jason Chen, CEO of the Taiwan-based electronics-maker,

Acer laptops are getting a price hike in the US come March. In an interview with The Telegraph, Acer's chief executive and chairman Jason Chen announced a 10 percent increased cost for all products due to President Trump's tariffs on China.