US President Donald Trump increases the pressure on Apple boss Tim Cook to produce more devices in the United States instead of India. “I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said yesterday at a appearance in Qatar.
“Tim, you are my friend, I treated you very well,” he said to the Apple boss. But although Cook has announced investments of $ 500 billion (around EUR 450 billion) in the United States, he had devices produced “throughout India”.
Warning of more expensive
He does not want Apple to produce in India-except for the market there, said the US President. The Trump government has been demanding for some time, Apple should also produce the iPhone-the most important product of the group-in the USA. Experts, on the other hand, keep that would require huge investments and drastically more expensive the smartphones.
Apple had built locations in Asia with huge factories, especially in China, under Cook’s direction in Asia. In recent years, the group has increased production in India and Vietnam. A trigger for this was delivery bottlenecks according to COV-Lockdowns in China.
Billions of business between the USA and VAE
Trump, however, announced business with a total value of over $ 200 billion between the United States and the United Arab Emirates (VAE).
This also includes a promise of over $ 14.5 billion (around 13 billion euros) between Boeing, GE Aerospace and Etihad Airways, which are to be invested in the purchase of 28 Boeing 787 and 777x with gut plants, the white house explained.
