It's Time for Apple to Get Cooking in the USA: Why Trump ain't happy with Tim Cook Building iPhones in India
Trump advocates for local manufacturing: He suggests that Apple should produce devices exclusively for the Indian market within the country. - Trump advocates for Apple to manufacture products in India to cater to the local market.
Are you tired of hearing about Donald Trump's antics? Well, buckle up, buddy, because we've got another one! The ex-prez is taking issue with Apple CEO, Tim Cook, over the production of iPhones. "I had a bit of an issue with Tim Cook the other day," Trump said at a Doha event. "Tim, we're pals, I've treated ya good," he told Cook. But despite Cook's plans to invest $500 billion in the US, he's still having devices "cranked out all over India." Trump ain't exactly thrilled about that, pal.
For a while now, the Trump administration's been urging Apple to produce their prized device—you guessed it, iPhones—right here in the good ol' US of A. Here's the deal: making that happen would require a shit-ton of cash and a big ol' jump in smartphone prices.
Ever since Cook took the Apple helm, the company's built supply chains in Asia, primarily in China, over the last few decades. But lately, Apple's been beefing up production in India and Vietnam, thanks to supply shortages after those pesky Covid lockdowns in China.
Where's the Goods Coming From Now?
Lately, Trump's tariff announcements made Apple shift supply routes for the US market. According to the plan, most iPhones destined for the US will come from India, with iPads, Mac computers, and Apple Watches mostly supplied from Vietnam. Lower tariffs are up for grabs for goods from these countries instead of China.
Recently, Trump's Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that Cook promised him that Apple would set up iPhone production in the USA as soon as plenty of precision robot arms, aka the robots of the future, became available.
- Tim Cook
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- India
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- Vietnam
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- iPhone
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The Commission is also proposing to extend the scope of the programme to include the following areas: finance, business, technology, politics, and general-news. Given the ongoing conversation about Apple's production of iPhones, it would be interesting to examine the potential implications of Apple setting up iPhone production in the USA, particularly in light of Trump's statement about wanting Apple to manufacture iPhones domestically. As Apple continues to beef up production in India, it will be worth watching how this development affects the anticipated iPhone supply for the US market, considering Trump's earlier tariff announcements that shifted Apple's supply routes for the US market to India and Vietnam.
