President Donald Trump said that he has been asked to stop the construction of plants in India to make equipment for America from Apple’s Tim Cook, pushing the iPhone manufacturer to add domestic production as it is away from China.
“I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said about his conversation with Apple’s Chief Executive Officer in Qatar, where he is on a state trip. “He is building all over India. I don’t want you to build in India.” As a result of his discussion, Trump stated that Apple “will increase its production in the United States.”
Apple representatives in India did not respond to the request of the comment.
Trump’s comments threatened to throw a wrench in Apple’s plan to import most iPhones selling in the US from India By the end of next year, intensifying a change beyond China to reduce the risks related to tariffs and geo -political stress. Apple creates most of its iPhones in China and there is no smartphone production in the US – although it has been promised to hire more workers at home and Mortgage To spend domestic $ 500 billion (about Rs 42,72,543 crore) in the next four years.
The creation of iPhones from scratches in the US will also be extremely difficult for cash-rich apples. The supply chain for iPhones and efficient labor for such an accurately engineer product have been concentrated in China for years, and Apple has only begun forming local partnership in India. Expensive American labor and manufacturing also make the production of iPhone unstable in the US. On the other hand, India is one of Apple’s fastest growing markets with a huge customer base that wishes to buy its prestigious products. The country also has a state subsidy to help expand the assembly.
Tarun Pathak, the research director of the tech analytics firm Counterpoint, said, “This is a familiar Trump strategy: he wants to push Apple to make more local and make a supply chain in the US, which is not going to happen overnight.” “Creating in America will also be much more expensive than collecting iPhones in India.”
Apple and his suppliers have intensified a change away from the world’s number 2 economy, a process that began when Harsh Kovid lockdown hurts production at its biggest plant. Tariff offered by Trump as well as Beijing-Washington stress inspires Apple Increase that effort,
IPhone facilities produce in India More than 40 million About 20 percent of units per year, Apple’s annual production. While Trump has pushed Apple to create iPhones in the US, it will be almost impossible in less time than lack of domestic engineering and manufacturing talent.
Pathak said, “Apple is one of the most sophisticated supply chains in Apple, which has been created for years.” “It would be extremely difficult to interrupt it or go out completely from India or China.”
Trump’s comments show that he manufactures his products in India for that market with Apple. “You can build in India if you want, to take care of India,” he said.
Trump also discussed tariff talks with India, saying that South Asian country has offered to give up import taxes on American goods. One of the most in India is Tariff barriers Trump said that it is very difficult to sell American products in the world and the planet’s most populous country.
The wholesale of India’s made iPhones has been gathered in the factory of the Foxconn Technology Group in southern India. The Electronics Manufacturing Arm of the Tata Group, who bought the local business of Vistron Corp and runs the operating of Patron Corp in India, is another major supplier. Tata and Foxcony are also producing new plants and adding production capacity to southern India, Bloomberg News had previously reported.
Apple Collect Through March 12 months, India has increased by about 60 percent of the $ 22 billion (about Rs 1,87,991 crore) in 12 months, compared to the previous year.
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