The Trump administration's move to exempt smartphones, computers and other electronics from sweeping reciprocal tariffs is only a temporary measure, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday, indicating those devices would be covered by upcoming sector-based tariffs.

"This is not like a permanent sort of exemption. [Trump's] just clarifying that these are not available to be negotiated away by countries. These are things that are national security, that we need to be made in America," Lutnick told ABC's "This Week."

Customs and Border Protection, which handles the collection of tariffs, posted a notice late Friday that certain electronics would be exempted from

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