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Laptop maker Framework is pausing US sales on some of its lower-end models, citing Trump’s tariffs.
Framework, a San Francisco-based company known for its modular and upgradable laptops, announced on Tuesday that certain base systems in its Laptop 13 series would be removed from its US site and their sales temporarily halted.
“Due to the new tariffs that came into effect on April 5th, we’re temporarily pausing US sales on a few base Framework Laptop 13 systems (Ultra 5 125H and Ryzen 5 7640U),” the company said on X. “For now, these models will be removed from our US site. We will continue to provide updates as we have them.”
In response to a user asking for more information, the company cited the 32% reciprocal tariff that Trump levied against Taiwan.
“We priced our laptops when tariffs on imports from Taiwan were 0%,” the company said. “At a 10% tariff, we would have to sell the lowest-end SKUs at a loss. Other consumer goods makers have performed the same calculations and taken the same actions, though most have not been open about it.”
Framework isn’t the first company to hit the pause button on some of its US sales while evaluating the potential ramifications of Trump’s tariff blitz.
Nintendo, which manufactures largely in China, Vietnam, and Cambodia, has pushed back US preorders of its highly anticipated Switch 2 to a yet undetermined date (though it says the game console will still launch on June 5). British automaker Jaguar Land Rover has stopped shipping its cars to the States, citing a new 25% tariff on imported automobiles.
A Framework spokesperson told BI that no other information is available at this time, and that the company would provide updates as it received them.
Framework brands itself around making electronics that are inherently customizable and repairable — it’s on a mission to improve consumer electronics, which it describes as “broken.”
“Our philosophy is that by making well-considered design tradeoffs and trusting customers and repair shops with the access and information they need, we can make fantastic devices that are still easy to repair,” the site reads.
Its Laptop 16, for instance, allows for plenty of fiddling by the user — the keyboard, ports, and discrete GPU can all be swapped out, depending on user preference.
