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Trump's Visit to Apple Factory Brings Possibility of More Tariff Relief

Michelle Quinn

   SAN FRANCISCO - President Donald Trump's visit this week to a Texas
   manufacturing plant highlights the ongoing dance between the iPhone
   maker and the Trump administration over China and tariffs.

   The visit came as the U.S. is set Dec. 15 to raise new tariffs on
   imports from China, as part of its trade war with Beijing.

   Among U.S. technology companies, Apple has much at risk since many of
   its products, including the iPhone, Apple Watch and the iPad, are made
   in China.

   Two economies

   The economies of China and Silicon Valley are knitted together in
   complicated ways. Chinese factories make Apple products from components
   that come from the U.S. But Chinese factories also make some of the
   components for Apple's Mac Pro, which has been made in the U.S. for
   years.

   The trade war between Washington and Beijing has put pressure on these
   cross-border supply chains.

   In July, Trump said no to Apple's request for tariff waivers.

     Apple will not be given Tariff waiver, or relief, for Mac Pro parts
     that are made in China. Make them in the USA, no Tariffs!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]July 26, 2019

   But in September, the administration granted 10 waivers for those
   parts. In response, Apple said its Mac Pro would continue to be made in
   Texas by a firm called Flex.

   "I think the conversation about perhaps exempting Apple from these
   tariffs is a recognition that in fact that tariffs can differentially
   impact in a negative way various U.S. companies," Sean Randolph, senior
   director at the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, said. "And if it's
   a flagship company like Apple with a global brand, that becomes an
   issue."

   WATCH: Trump's Visit to Apple Factory Brings Possibility of More Tariff
   Relief

References

   1. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1154774656861257732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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