Comment on A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy

rockhard@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• n_emoo@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ok but what if they cannot pay 80% less for one made in China?

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  • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What? They do. Apple sells tens of millions of iPhones each year in the US.

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    • wanderingmagus@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They did past tense. How about with a 140%+ tariff?

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      • Robbity@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They’ll make iPhones in India. Which is actually what they are doing right now. Or in Vietnam. Or Ethiopia. You can’t tariff everyone 140% if you want your economy to work.

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  • rockhard@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well that sucks but they sure as hell won’t be able to buy one “made in America” either. The raw materials for batteries alone would have tariffs on them as well. Unless we have massive amounts of cobalt, lithium, copper, silicon, cadmium, etc, to be able to produce these items domestically, working class and middle class Americans will not be able to afford them.

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