Donald Trump wants Apple to make iPhones in the US like it is doing in India, but why it may not be possible
US President Trump is pushing Apple to bring iPhone manufacturing back to America, threatening to impose a 25% import tariff on all smartphones manufactured outside the United States, including Apple’s iPhones, unless companies move production to its soil. “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhones that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else,” Trump wrote. But India’s rapid success in iPhone production reveals both the promise and challenges of reshoring tech manufacturing. While Foxconn has invested $2.5 billion in a massive Indian facility that now produces 18% of global iPhones, the US faces critical obstacles that make similar success unlikely.
