Apr 09, 2025 10:47:00

Razer suspends laptop sales following Trump tariffs

American gaming device manufacturer

Razer has temporarily halted sales of its laptops in the United States.

Razer pauses direct laptop sales in the US as new tariffs loom | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/news/645276/razer-blade-gaming-laptops-sales-pause-us-tariffs

When you openthe sales page for the Razer Blade 16, a 16-inch laptop equipped with an RTX 5090 laptop, which will be available for pre-order from April 1, 2025 in the United States, a 404 error message appears and the product cannot be purchased.

Also, at the time of writing, even if you click on the '

Gaming Laptops ' item in the official Razer store , all that is displayed are stickers to put on your laptop and accessories for your PC, and no sales page for the laptop is displayed at all.

The Verge, an overseas media outlet, predicts that the suspension of sales of a series of laptops is due to the ' reciprocal tariffs ' that came into effect on April 5, 2025. US President Donald Trump introduced reciprocal tariffs that raise the tariffs of his own country based on the tariff rates and non-tariff barriers of the other country, and imposed tariffs on each country. Under the reciprocal tariffs, PC manufacturers will be hit hard because significant tariffs will be imposed on imports of products from China and Taiwan, which manufacture laptop components.

In fact, Framework, a manufacturer of modular notebook PCs, announced on April 8, 2025 that it would stop selling some devices, stating that 'if tariffs are raised, our bare-bones models will be in the red.'

Framework halts sales of some laptops due to Trump tariffs - GIGAZINE

Nintendo was also scheduled to start accepting pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2 from April 9, 2025, but has announced that it will postpone the start date and time of pre-orders in light of the introduction of the reciprocal tariffs.

Nintendo postpones pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 due to Trump administration's tariff hike - GIGAZINE

'At this stage we have no comment on whether the suspension of laptop sales is due to the implementation of reciprocal tariffs,' Razer public relations manager Andy Johnson said in a statement.

The Razer Blade will still be available for purchase at the official Razer store in Japan.