Aiming Apple’s efforts to diversify manufacturing away from China, U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he told Tim Cook that he doesn’t want the tech giant to make its products in India and urged him to change course domestically.
Trump claimed to have had a little altercation with Tim Cook yesterday. “My friend, I treated you well,” I told him. I’ve heard you’re expanding throughout India, but you’re coming here with $500 billion. You shouldn’t construct in India, in my opinion. Trump alluded to Apple’s announcement in February of a $500 billion investment in the United States.
In an effort to lessen its dependency on China, where around 90% of its flagship smartphones are now produced, Apple has been increasing production in India. In the coming years, the goal is to produce about 25% of all iPhones worldwide.
“Look, Tim, we treated you well and put up with all the plants you built in China for years. Now you have to build us,” I remarked to him. India can care for itself, so we don’t want you to develop there. Instead, we want you to build here,” Trump stated.
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