"There's a large mismatch between the amount of chips we use in this country in various products and the supply created here in the US... Putting a tax on those imports will simply raise the cost, and that's not a good thing for consumers."
According to the Consumer Technology Association's most recent estimates released Tuesday, Americans risk paying much higher prices for any Chinese imports that are not exempted from those 145 percent tariffs.
Sundar Pichai emphasized that resolving Google's ongoing antitrust battles will require time, stating, "It's going to take time for it to play out." He reassured that these cases do not pose an immediate threat to the business.