US President #DonaldTrump stated that he asked Tim Cook to halt the construction of factories in India and increase production in the US.
⚫ #TRUMP criticized Apple’s plans to expand production in India during a visit to Qatar: “I don’t want you to build in India”
⚫ India has some of the highest tariff barriers in the world, making it difficult to sell American goods in its market
⚫ #Apple plans to import most iPhones from India by the end of next year to reduce risks related to tariffs and geopolitics
⚫ The main iPhone production is concentrated in China; smartphones are not assembled in the US
⚫ Apple is actively scaling assembly in India — production grew 60% in a year, totaling $22 billion
⚫ The production shift is partly due to strict lockdowns in China and Trump’s tariff war with Beijing