US duties spare Apple gadgets but hit cloud industry


An attendee displays an Apple watch series 4 during an Apple Inc. event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Apple Inc. took the wraps off a renewed iPhone strategy on Wednesday, debuting a trio of phones that aim to spread the company's latest technology to a broader audience. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

The United States will spare Apple Inc's Watch and other consumer gadgets from the latest round of tariffs on Chinese goods, according to a list of products released by the US Trade Representative (USTR) on Sept 17.

But parts for the computer servers and networking gear that power “cloud” datacentres and Internet-based services now face a levy, as do some of the parts for the machines used to make semiconductors.

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