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Mike Wuerthele said:

Xials007 said:

I am still trying to find where we made the just from "ultimately" to "quickly"? 

Also, I think it is a gross over simplification to pretend that the TSMC's current rules about chip manufacturing will remain in force when they are one of the first countries coming to the table with the US to negotiate reciprocal trade.

Also to imply that they mean every part of every component "Quickly" being made here is disingenuous. There are also various component exclusions that have been or will be evaluated. 

Given that it's literally a Taiwan law about the chip process, that's going to take a bit even if they're inclined to change it, and Trump is being genuine about Taiwan negotiating, which is not at all clear. This timetable is addressed in the article.

That, and you can't just turn a knob and make a more modern process in an existing factory without new chip manufacturing equipment. Which is tariffed.

So, I guess I'm not sure what your point is. There's no way the iPhone gets made in any quantity during Trump's term for reasons spelled out in the article. And, the tariffs aren't likely to survive a new administration, so it's more likely Apple and every other big tech company that makes hardware rides it out and just raises prices.

MagicApple said:

'Designed by Apple in California assembled in China'

could now become

'Designed by Apple in California assembled in the European Union'

...might make happier a lot more people!

RDW said:

JohnDinEU said:

And we had Tim Trump selling his soul to a man who only cares for himself. Throwing not only his but also Apple’s values under the bus. All for nothing. 

He has no spine, he had to kiss the ring.

Tim Cook didn’t have to kiss the ring and certainly no one in their right mind four weeks ago would have believed, that the man in the White House would be as stupid as he’s proven to be. What will be interesting coming up, how many in the future will even bother making the trip to speak with him, the number of people making that trip will get smaller. 

avon b7 said:

Now he's complaining about non-tariff barriers which, IMO, is total overreach.

"... his qualms with “non-monetary tariffs” regarding the EU, but he was less vague than Bessent, suggesting that EU standards, rules and regulations were “non-monetary barriers” for US companies trying to trade with the bloc.

“It’s not only tariffs, it’s non-monetary tariffs. It’s tariffs where they put things on that make it impossible for you to sell a car. It’s not a money thing. They make it so difficult – the standards and the tests,” Trump said.

He wants the EU to lower protections of its citizens so that the US can have unfettered access. 

It's not as if the US doesn't also have tests and regulations before allowing access to its market. 

I hope the EU pushes back against all this. 

The EU should respond like Canada has responded and they should not back peddle, when the liar, lies some more. In short forget about trusting him on anything move forward without Trump/America until he’s gone there is no coherent adult in the White House at this time and that includes his merry band of yes men/women advisors who are in some cases worse than he is absolutely incredible, however the EU politicians are still as clueless about tech, the only consistency in the world (Governments) seems to be Taiwan, China, Singapore, South Korea, Holland and Japan when it comes to tech (do no harm to yourself).

gadgetcanadav2 said:

We’ll see if Apple goes forward with their announced $500B investment to build data centres. Big corps are shutting their investment wallets due to all the volatility caused by the orange orangutang.