00:00Samsung is selling plenty of Galaxy phones, but tariffs could still eat into its profits.
00:06That's because Trump is putting tariff pressure on Vietnam, Samsung's key smartphone production base.
00:13The U.S. is investigating Vietnam's intellectual property protections and will decide by the 29th whether to impose additional tariffs.
00:23The problem is that about half of Samsung's smartphones are made in Vietnam.
00:28Many of the phones it exports to the U.S. have built there, too.
00:33If extra tariffs hit, Samsung will have to either raise prices or absorb the cost itself.
00:39With memory chip prices also rising lately, the pressure on profits could grow.
00:45Samsung has already told the U.S. government it opposes additional tariffs.
00:50But nothing is final yet.
00:52The key is the investigation's outcome on the 29th and whether smartphones are actually covered.
00:59Samsung investors should watch whether these tariffs turn into real costs.
