tzeshan

LoneStar88 said:

The point which seems to have gone missing here so far is that China poses a far more huge threat to our economy and to our sovereignty than IMAGINED price increases of some damn computers which relatively few of us are going to buy anyway.

So far, tariffs in general have had POSITIVE effects on our economy in the form of factories and manufacturing returning to our shores—to say nothing of the tariff income itself!

The picture is much bigger than  a mere squabble over Mac Pro manufacturing.

Just imaging the huge impact a truly-acceptable-to-both-sides trade deal with China will have for the entire planet!! After all, China has been ripping us off for countless decades to the tune of TRILLIONS of dollars, merely because no one before Trump ever called them out for it—and CHINA KNOWS IT!!

If Trump were to exempt Apple, he'd have to exempt others. Ain't gonna happen!

GeorgeBMac said:

kestral said:

Apple should STFU and pay their damn tariffs.

WE pay those tariffs, not Apple.   Apple is just the middleman.

Mike Wuerthele said:

tzeshan said:

I want to know where are those Windows PCs and servers made? Are they made in USA? 

Some are assembled in the US. Nearly every part for every manufacturer comes from China.

StrangeDays said:

GeorgeBMac said:

matrix077 said:

GeorgeBMac said:

So we are moving production out of the highest quality, lowest cost facilities in order to support a failing, trumped up trade war?

As Winston Churchill pointed out:  "Americans always do the right thing -- after they've tried everything else"

It is not about Trump. It’s about communist China that will never play fair to anyone. 

Yeh!   They keep making things better and cheaper.   Damn cheaters!  Not fair!

If you don't think China is cheating by stealing IP or manipulating their currency, then you either haven't been paying attention to the news the past decade, or you're a plant for China.