US EditionTrump says he doesn’t want Apple building products in India: ‘I had a little problem with Tim Cook’
- President Donald Trump urged Apple CEO Tim Cook on March 6, 2019, in Washington, DC, to stop expanding iPhone production in India and focus on manufacturing in the United States.
- Trump’s demand arose because Apple plans to shift most iPhones sold in the US to be manufactured in India, reflecting a broader move away from China amid US-China trade tensions.
- Apple’s iPhone production in India grew nearly 60% to $22 billion for the fiscal year ending March, with most assembly at Foxconn’s southern India factory and Tata Group as a key partner.
- Trump told Tim that despite treating him well, he did not want him to expand operations in India, as the country can manage on its own; instead, he urged him to focus on investing and building within the United States.
- This dispute highlights tensions between US goals to increase domestic manufacturing and Apple’s strategy to diversify supply chains away from China by importing iPhones from India.
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America First Report
Uncanceled NewsTrump Very Displeased With Tim Cook’s ‘Made-In-India’ iPhone Blitz, Wants Production In US
(Zero Hedge)—Apple is turbocharging its “friend-shoring” strategy by shifting more iPhone production from China to India—a move that could soon result in American consumers purchasing iPhones made in India. However, during President Trump’s Gulf tour, he expressed new concern over the supply chain shift (at least for the first time publicly), urging Apple CEO Tim Cook to re-shore some of that iPhone production to the United States. “I had a litt…
Channel News Asia
PressNewsAgencyTrump says he urged Apple to manufacture in US not India
DOHA: US President Donald Trump said Thursday (May 15) he urged Apple to manufacture its products in the United States instead of India, where the US tech giant has said it would be shifting production after US tariffs on China. "
Fox Business
The Business TimesTrump doesn't want Apple making iPhones in India: 'I had a little problem with Tim Cook'
President Donald Trump said he had a "little problem" this week with Apple CEO Tim Cook and the tech giant using facilities in India to make iPhones for sale in the U.S.The president recounted what he told Cook while giving remarks at an event in Qatar on Thursday during his ongoing trip to the Middle East. WH ANNOUNCES $1.2T IN ECONOMIC COMMITMENT WITH QATAR, INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT BOEING ORDER"I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday," Tr…
East Bay Times
Trump asks Apple to stop moving iPhone production to India
(Bloomberg/Jordan Fabian and Sankalp Phartiyal) — Follow Bloomberg India on WhatsApp for exclusive content and analysis on what billionaires, businesses and markets are doing. Sign up here. President Donald Trump said he’s asked Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook to stop building plants in India to make devices for the US, pushing the iPhone maker to add domestic production as it pivots away from China. “I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump…
La Nación, Grupo Nación
EL ESPAÑOLTrump asks Apple not to manufacture iPhones in India to sell them in the United States
Madrid. US President Donald Trump asked Apple Executive Director Tim Cook to stop the construction of plants in India to manufacture devices destined for the United States, all in order for the technology company to raise its domestic production while reducing its dependence on China. “I had a small problem with Tim Cook yesterday. He’s building all over India. I don’t want him to build in India,” Trump himself confessed in statements collected …
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