(3 Apr 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Philadelphia – 2 April 2025
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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Fernando, Technesia owner:
“The materials that I use to fix people’s computers, like the soldering equipment, the hot air station, even the microscope… they are from China and Taiwan.”
2. Soldering chip on motherboard
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Fernando, Technesia owner:
”My name is Daniel Fernando. I am the owner/technician at Technesia.”
4. Repair shop
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Fernando, Technesia owner:
”Technesia is a small home-based computer repair business, computer repair service provider in Philadelphia.”
6. Rechargeable li-on battery processed in China tight
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Fernando, Technesia owner:
“A lot of people come here to get their broken computer fixed and broken phones fixed.”
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Fernando, Technesia owner:
“So yeah. One of the chips right here is manufactured from… Realtek is Taiwan.”
9. Repairing laptop
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Fernando, Technesia owner:
”When you call me the first time earlier and then you mentioned about tariff, I am working on the computer. And then I looked that up. I was like, wow, I’m shocked. It’s going to impact a lot of everyday American to pay more, not just for electronics and technology, but it’s also affecting their daily needs like food other electronics… pretty much a lot of things that’s going to be affected.”
11. Shopping on computer for semiconductor chips
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Fernando, Technesia owner:
”Right here I have solder paste…”
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13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Fernando, Technesia owner:
”My thought on this new recent tariff that President Trump imposed. It’s going to hurt the consumer really bad.”
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Fernando, Technesia owner:
“Another solder paste made from China…”
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15. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Fernando, Technesia owner:
“In the U.S. We don’t usually make chips for computers or cell phones like that.”
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16. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Fernando, Technesia owner:
“I try to get my parts from U.S. reseller and retailer but they also get it from China and Taiwan.”
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Fernando, Technesia owner:
"Yes, we can create more jobs in America. But how many jobs you can create compared to how many people are going to pay more to get what they need, to get their computer or cell phone fixed, to get a new computer, to get a new cell phone? They got to pay extra.”
18. Origin Mexico, Germany, Singapore, China stickers and products
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19. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Fernando, Technesia owner:
”This one right here… clearly say made in China.”
20. Made in China sticker
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21. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Fernando, Technesia owner:
”So I don’t think that’s a good idea in my opinion, but I don’t know what’s going to happen in the future. I hope for the best. But for now, it doesn’t look good and it’s hurting the customer.”
22. Fernando doing repairs
STORYLINE:
Alongside a 10% baseline tax on imports, President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on dozens of countries with the goal of bolstering American manufacturing.
Daniel Fernando owns and operates Technesia, a one-man band computer and phone repair service based in Philadelphia. The majority of the electronic components he works with come from overseas.
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