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Comment on Trump says a 25% tariff "must be paid by Apple" on iPhones not made in the US, says he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the US

NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

This past Monday, John Stewart of The Daily Show interviewed Patrick Mcgee who discussed the jaw-dropping amount’s of money Apple spent building out Chinese electronics supply chains. -It makes for an interesting case if true.

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0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
On that note, I suspect that a 25% tax is cheaper by far than the cost of building out state of the art silicon fab on US soil, plus the additional cost of paying Americans to do the manufacturing/assembly. Would you rather buy an iPhone for $1250 or $4000?

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