Trump Advice to Apple: US President Donald Trump has told Apple CEO Tim Cook that there is no need to set up factories in India. I do not want Apple products to be made there. India can take care of itself.
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Trump Advice to Apple: Leader Program Speech in Doha
Trump gave information about this conversation with the Apple CEO in a program with business leaders in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on Thursday. He said that Apple will now have to increase production in America. At the same time, Trump said that India has offered us a zero-tariff deal in trade. He said that India is ready not to charge us anything in trade.
Trump Advice to Apple Statement
I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday. I said to him, Tim, you’re my friend, I treated you very well, you’re coming in with $500 billion, but now I’m hearing you’re doing all the manufacturing in India. I don’t want you to do manufacturing in India.
If you want to take care of India, you can manufacture in India because India is one of the countries with the highest tariffs in the world. It is very difficult to sell in India, and they have offered us a deal under which they are not willing to charge us any tariff.
I said to Tim – Tim, look, we have treated you very well, we tolerated all the plants you built in China for years, now you have to manufacture in the US, we don’t want you to manufacture in India. India can take care of itself.
Trump Advice to Apple: Tim Cook said
Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a recent interview that 50% of iPhones sold in the US market are being made in India. Cook said that India will become the country of origin for iPhones sold in the US in the April-June quarter.He said that other products like AirPods, Apple Watch are also mostly being manufactured in Vietnam.
60M+ iPhones Yearly in India by 2026
To reduce its dependence on China, Apple has been working on shifting its supply chain out of there for a long time. If Apple shifts its assembly to India by the end of this year, then more than 60 million iPhones will be produced here annually from 2026. This is double the current capacity.
#DonaldTrump tells #TimCook to limit Apple’s India factories to serving local demand, pushing for increased #US production—even as #Apple plans #India as the origin for most #iPhones sold in the US amid tariff pressures.@BorisPradhan https://t.co/FaCOGa6ZaB pic.twitter.com/sPwyVJoEN9
— Business Standard (@bsindia) May 15, 2025
Mukesh Ambani also met Trump
Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani is currently in Qatar. Today, he met US President Donald Trump. This is the second meeting between the two. Earlier, Mukesh Ambani had attended Donald Trump’s swearing-in ceremony in January and met him there.
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