Reference Message Network reported on May 17th according to a report on May 15th from the website of the American Consumer News and Business Channel, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had told Apple CEO Tim Cook that he did not want this tech giant to produce products in India, urging him to focus on the United States.
Trump said, "I brought up a small issue with Tim Cook yesterday. I said to him, 'my friend, I hear that you are building factories all over India now, and I don't want you to build factories in India.'"
Trump was referring to Apple's commitment in February this year to invest $500 billion in the United States.
Apple has been increasing its production efforts in India, aiming to produce about 25% of Apple phones in India in the next few years.
Trump said, "I told Tim, I said, 'Tim, you know, we have been really good to you, for many years we have tolerated your factories in China, now it is time for you to build our factories. We are not interested in your factories in India...India can take care of itself...We want you to build factories here (in the United States).'"
However, experts generally believe that considering the final price of the product, the possibility of moving Apple phone production to the United States is very small. According to different estimates, if Apple phones are produced in the United States, their cost will be between $1500 and $3500.
Apple currently produces very few products in the United States. At present, this giant located in Cupertino, California, produces Mac Pro in the United States. In February this year, it announced that it would establish a manufacturing plant in Texas to produce servers for its artificial intelligence system "Apple Intelligence" platform. (Compiled/Translated by Xu Yanhong)
An Apple billboard in Bangalore, India (AFP)
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