Trump Threatens 25% Tariff on Apple Unless iPhones are Made in US
May 23, 2025, 10:58 AM by Rich Brome @rbrome.bsky.social
The latest salvo in the Trump administration's ever-shifting trade war is a new threat of a 25% tariff on all Apple products manufactured outside the US (which is essentially all Apple products, including iPhones). Trump's initial focus seemed to be China, which is why Apple has spent recent months pivoting its manufacturing plans for US-bound iPhones to manufacturing capacity it has spent years building up in India (and would now expand). Experts say it would take Apple a number of years to build that kind of manufacturing capacity in the US, and would raise the cost of a $1,200 iPhone to "anywhere from $1,500 to $3,500." Apple's current manufacturing capacity in China, India, and Vietnam includes a vast and complex supply chain of local parts suppliers that does not exist in or near the US.
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