Democrats rail against Apple after Trump unveils electronic tariff exemption

Democrats slammed the Trump administration for allegedly favoring sector-specific companies by giving them the ability to bypass the fallout from new trade policy with a Saturday exemption of electronics from “reciprocal” tariffs imposed on countries across the globe, including China.

Smartphones, computers, routers and semiconductor chips were all excluded from the president’s heightened taxes, leaving room for companies like Apple, which has a host of plants in China, to escape an...