The Trump administration’s tariffs have gone into effect, and companies and shoppers have been scrambling to figure out how to react. On Tuesday, it appeared that tech company Razer had pulled its Razer Blade laptops and the newly released Razer Adjustable Laptop Stand from its website.
As of Tuesday, the 14-, 16- and 18-inch Razer laptops and the laptop stand are all listed as out of stock, with a Notify Me button in lieu of a purchase button. But other laptop accessories are still available, including the brand’s selection of gaming mice and keyboards. The aforementioned laptops and laptop stand are still available via Razer’s Canada website.
As noted by The Verge, The Internet Archive show the products were all available for purchase as of April 1.
Razer hasn’t publicly confirmed that the pause in sales is due to the tariffs, but that does seem to be the prevailing theory. It would join Framework as the second laptop company to pause sales due to tariffs over the last couple of days. Framework posted yesterday on X that its smallest configuration, the Framework Laptop 13, would be removed from US sites due to the tariff.
“We priced our laptops when tariffs on imports from Taiwan were 0%,” the company said in a followup tweet. “At a 10% tariff, we would have to sell the lowest-end SKUs at a loss. Other consumer goods makers have performed the same calculations and taken the same actions, though most have not been open about it.”
A representative for Razer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The tip of the iceberg
Tariffs have already caused havoc around the world, starting with a massive stock market dip that rivaled the one seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nintendo has also delayed preorders for the Switch 2, and the imminent sale of TikTok was delayed due to tariff concerns.
Prices haven’t increased for most products just yet, as many tech companies have stock of existing products that got into the US before the tariffs went into effect. Reportedly, some tech companies went the extra mile for this, including Apple, which reportedly flew five plane loads of iPhones in at the last minute to dodge Trump’s tariffs.
Analysts agree that the tariffs will almost certainly cause the price of goods to go up.
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