Trump doesn’t need Apple to develop its manufacturing in India.
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U.S. President Donald Trump made it clear he doesn’t need Apple to fabricate its merchandise in India. “I don’t need you constructing in India,” Trump instructed Cook dinner over a name.
Because of the pandemic and the tariff struggle between the U.S. and China, Apple has diversified its provide chain to India in recent times.
Trump sad with Apple’s Make in India method
Since coming into workplace in early 2025, Donald Trump’s been steadily coaxing firms to extend their manufacturing presence within the U.S. His tariff struggle with China solely worsened issues for firms with manufacturing services within the nation.
Apple deliberate to maneuver the manufacturing of all iPhones bought within the U.S. to its factories in India by the tip of 2026 to keep away from the impact of reciprocal tariffs. For this, the corporate even requested its companions to construct or develop their manufacturing presence within the nation. This transfer has not gone down effectively with Trump.
“I had a little bit downside with Tim Cook dinner yesterday. I stated to him, ‘my buddy, I handled you superb. You’re coming right here with $500 billion, however now I hear you’re constructing throughout India’. I don’t need you constructing in India,” the U.S. President instructed the press in Qatar whereas discussing the nation’s commerce relations with India (by way of CNBC).
He desires Apple to construct within the U.S. now, not in India. Following his dialogue with Cook dinner, Trump claims Apple will up “their manufacturing in america.”
India prepared to drop import duties for U.S. merchandise
Earlier this 12 months, Apple introduced a report $500 billion funding within the U.S. over the subsequent 4 years. As a part of this, the corporate will develop its manufacturing presence within the nation, which is able to contain opening a complicated manufacturing facility in Houston to make servers for Apple Intelligence.
When the U.S. slapped a reciprocal tariff on international locations it does commerce with in early April, it went comparatively mushy on India, solely imposing a 26% tariff. Whereas the Trump authorities has suspended the implementation of reciprocal tariffs, it’s just for 90 days whereas each international locations work out a deal. As a part of this, Trump says the Indian authorities has provided to drop all import duties on U.S.-made merchandise.
