US President Donald Trump on May 15 said in Doha, Qatar that he spoke to Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook and told him there’s no need to build factories in India unless it’s to serve that market specifically.
“Told Apple CEO Tim Cook we’re not interested in you building in India, they can take care of themselves,” said Trump in Doha, reported Bloomberg.
As a result of their discussion, Trump said Apple will be “upping their production in the United States”.
He also said that India has offered to drop all tariffs on US.
“India has offered us a deal where basically they are willing to literally charge us no tariff,” said Trump at an event with business leaders in Qatar.
Apple aims to make most of its iPhones sold in the United States at factories in India by the end of 2026, and is speeding up those plans to navigate potentially higher tariffs in China, its main manufacturing base, a source told Reuters last month.
