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  • Trump confirms he reduced tariffs to help Tim Cook

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    9secondkox2 said:
    As I said a long time ago, intelligent people are in charge snd apple will be ok. The president will have a way to navigate Apple through some difficult decidd add jobs. And it has come to pass. 

    Cook was wise to open the door of discussion dnd thr president has been wise in response. 

    I know it’s popular in this particular online space to detract from the president no matter what he does, but the fact is tarriffs are necessary -yet it’s sldd add o necessary to protect Americans and American companies. The idea is to put the pressure on other countries, particularly China - and not on American companies. 

    It’s not changing mindset. It’s continuing forward motion, msnuevering as needed. That’s only good stuff snd Apple is the better for it. As this year marks time for my iPhone upgrade and early next is my next Mac purchase, I am a pretty happy potential customer right about now. 
     Well said.  Most people do not comprehend what is going on with the tariff machinations.  I have said all along Trump will not harm Apple and other significant US companies. He is using very hard nosed and sometimes reckless tactics to get to his end goal.  
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  • Trump confirms he reduced tariffs to help Tim Cook

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    spheric said:
    Tim Cook didn't "donate" that $1 million to buy a seat at the inauguration ceremony for nuthin'.

    That's how this administration works. 
    The $1M donation was no different than other Administration have done. 
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  • China escalates US tariff war by halting rare earth mineral exports

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    Mike Wuerthele said:
    DAalseth said:
    China is NOT the only place on earth that has rare earth elements. Large deposits are in Canada, the US, Australia, and elsewhere. It’s just that China was the cheapest place to get them so the other sources have not been developed. It will take time to get the operations going, but the process was started during the first Trump term. 
    This is mostly addressed in the article. The folks we've spoken to about it say that spinning up rare earths in the US will take at least another five years, if at all.
    Just another great reason to get some of this critical production out of China who is not a friend of the US or the West.  China imposing these restrictions will accelerate the development in other geographic regions to produce these rare earths, and that’s a good thing. 
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  • iPhone & Mac tariff reprieve only temporary

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    This massive uncertainty means you do nothing for now and if one has the means to slowing move some production back to the US you start to explore that.  Keep in mind 90% of the tariffs are a means to get to negotiations and during those anything can happen.  It’s only been 2 weeks and people are going crazy where I expect most of these tariffs issues will be resolved over the next few months. 
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  • iPhone & Mac tariff reprieve only temporary

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    SiTime said:
    How can factory owners decide to buy new equipment with all these constant changes to policy? How can small business owners decide to hire additional workers with all of these constant changes to policy? How can workers decide to change jobs with all of these constant changes to policy? How can parents of children approaching college-age make decisions about their 529 college savings plans with all of these constant changes to policy? How can people approaching retirement age make decisions about whether to move from the equities market to the fixed-income market with all of these constant changes to policy? How can anybody do anything with all of 

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