Earlier this month, Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner mentioned the corporate would begin importing iPhones manufactured in India to satisfy nearly all of demand stateside. It appears U.S. President Donald Trump isn’t proud of that.
Talking at a enterprise summit in Doha, Trump mentioned he met with Cook dinner and requested him to cease constructing in India and as a substitute improve manufacturing in the USA.
“I mentioned to him, ‘Tim, you’re my good friend, I’ve handled you superb. You’re developing with $500 billion, however now I hear you’re constructing throughout India. I don’t need you constructing in India. You’ll be able to construct in India, if you wish to handle India as a result of India is without doubt one of the highest tariff nations on the planet’,” Trump mentioned.
Trump, who has been on a tariff offensive in opposition to many of the world, mentioned Apple would now be “upping” manufacturing within the U.S., although he didn’t give a timeline or any specifics.
Apple didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Earlier this 12 months, Apple mentioned that it might spend $500 billion over the following 4 years to increase manufacturing within the U.S. by organising amenities in varied places, opening new items, hiring over 20,000 folks, and opening a producing academy.
Trump’s feedback come a day after India authorized a $435 million Foxconn mission to fabricate Apple chips within the nation. The corporate has had bold plans to ramp up manufacturing in India and create various manufacturing items that scale back its reliance on China.
A Bloomberg report in April instructed Apple already produces 20% of its iPhones in India. On the time, the Monetary Instances additionally reported that Apple deliberate to import all iPhones offered within the U.S. from India by 2026.
