President Donald Trump has asked Apple CEO Tim Cook to stop the company’s construction expansion in India, in the possible disruption of Apple’s plan to transfer iPhone production away from China.
“I had some problems with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said during his state Qatar’s visit, according to this Bloomberg“He is building all over India.”
“They [India] We have offered a deal where basically they have really agreed to charge us no tariffs. I said ‘Tim, we are acting really well with you, we are with all the plants you have created in China for years. We are not interested in you in India. India can take care of itself. ,
Trump claimed that after his discussion, Apple “will increase its production in the United States.”
In the financial year ending March, Apple’s iPhone production in India rose to $ 22 billion, which increased by about 60% compared to the previous year. However, Trump’s comments complicate Apple’s strategy to import American-bound iPhone from India by the end of next year.
Apple and its manufacturing partners have intensified their movement from China in recent months. The trend began after the covid sanctions disrupted, and only the US-China stress has accelerated, especially in the wake of Trump again, in view of the tariff.
Most of India-made iPhones have gathered in the Foxconn factory in the southern part of the country. The Electronics Manufacturing Arm of the Tata Group, who acquired the local business of Vistron and manages the operating of Patron in India, is another major supplier.
Asked about the future of the supply chain during the company’s recent earning calls, Cook said: “Everything we learned some time ago had a lot of risk at one place.
During the same earning calls, Cook exposed the impact of Apple in the United States, including a plan to spend $ 500 billion in the next four years and expand features in many states. A new factory for advanced server construction in Texas is going to open later this year.
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