Donald
Trump says he doesn't want Apple to make its products in India
US President
Donald Trump has said that "I spoke to the CEO of Apple and he said that
you don't need to make your products in India, India can take care of
itself." During a business event in Doha, the capital of Qatar, the US
President said that he has a "small complaint" with Apple CEO Tim
Cook.
President
Trump said, "I told Tim Cook, my friend, we are treating you very well.
You are bringing in $500 billion in investment here, but now we hear that you
are setting up factories in India. I do not want you to work in India. Yes, if
you want to take care of India, you can, but India is one of the countries in
the world where tariffs are the highest, so it is very difficult to sell goods
there." Donald Trump further claimed that New Delhi has presented
Washington with an agreement according to which no tariffs will be imposed on
goods coming from the United States, although there has been no official confirmation
from India. The US President said, "India has presented us with an
agreement in which they will impose almost no tariffs on us. I told Tim, we are
treating you very well, we have tolerated your investment in China for years.
Now we do not want you to invest any more in India. India can take care of
itself.’
The US
president said that Apple, whose iPhone and MacBook are popular worldwide, is
now going to expand its production in the US.
Donald
Trump’s statement on preventing Apple from increasing production in India comes
at a time when the company plans to increase its production in India by
reducing manufacturing from China to avoid the impact of US tariffs.
Earlier this
month, AFP reported that Tim Cook expected that most iPhones sold in the US in
the future will be ‘made in India’.
According to
Indian media, Apple currently has three factories in India, two of which are
located in Tamil Nadu and one in Karnataka. One of these factories is run by
Foxconn while the other two are operated by the Tata Group. Two more factories
are also in the planning stage.
Earlier, the
Financial Times had said that Apple aims to make all iPhones sold in the US in
India by the end of 2026. Bloomberg had claimed that Apple is planning to
prioritize the supply of iPhones from India for its US customers.
According to
a recent report by Bloomberg, the Cupertino, California-based company
manufactured $22 billion worth of iPhones in India during the fiscal year
ending in March, which is about 60% more than the previous year.
Donald Trump’s
statement on Apple’s production in India has sparked a fresh debate on social
media, where Indian consumers in particular are seen expressing their anger.
A user named
Siddharth wrote, “This is the same Trump who was welcomed by Modi and booed by
devotees. Donald Trump is exposing India’s foreign policy day after day.”
Another user
wrote, "Donald Trump is taking Modi hard with each passing day. Today he
has asked Apple CEO Tim Cook not to make Apple products in India. What a great
fall for Modi."
It should be
noted that Trump's statement comes at a time when Donald Trump has taken credit
for bringing about a ceasefire between the two countries after the tension
between India and Pakistan.
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On the other
hand, the United States and China have recently said that they have agreed to
reduce tariffs, which has created the possibility of reducing the global
economic turmoil.
According to
the British news agency Reuters, negotiations between Chinese and US officials
on the tariff issue were held in Geneva, after which US Treasury Secretary
Scott Besant told reporters that the parties have agreed to a 90-day break in
tariffs, after which the tariffs will be reduced from 100 percent to 10
percent.
In another
news, the Wall Street Journal also pointed out that Apple has increased the
price of its products this year.
However, it
is not yet clear what the outcome of Trump's mediation between India and
Pakistan and his trade efforts with the world in the meantime will be.
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