“I long ago informed Tim Cook (president of Apple) that I hope his iPhone that will be sold in the United States are manufactured in the United States, not in India or other places. If this is not the case, Apple must pay a tariff of at least 25%, ”wrote the president in his social truth network.
Since he returned to the White House in January, Trump imposed tariffs on the main partners of the United States, in a Protectionist offensive that shook international trade.
His threat of taxing Apple arrives after he said, last week, that the company owed Move the production of their phones Intelligent to the United States.
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“I had a small problem with Tim Cook“Trump said in Qatar during a tour of several days through the Gulf.
I said: “Tim, we treat you very well. We have been supporting the factories that you built in China for years. We do not want you to build in India, but here, and they will have to increase their production in the United States, ”added the president.
When presenting the results of the first quarter in early May, Cook said he hoped that Most iPhone sold in the United States have India as their country of origin.
This would allow him to avoid 145% tariffs announced by Trump for products from China, the main manufacturing center of the famous iPhone.
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Then, Washington and Beijing agreed to 90 -day truce in its tariff war to negotiate new agreements.
In addition, this May 23, Trump recommended impose tariffs on the European Union of 50% As of June 1, since it considers that negotiations with said block are not advancing.