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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Trump’s threat of a 25% tariff is unlikely to get Apple to move production to the US.
Last week, US president Donald Trump threatened a 25% tariff on iPhones if they are not made in the United States. The majority of iPhones, Apple’s flagship product, are assembled in China while production in India is steadily increasing. Other Asian countries like Vietnam and Thailand also assemble these smartphones but to a much smaller extent.
“I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else. If that is not the case, …
Influence cannot be manufactured through diaspora networks, carefully branded events or political donations. It requires honesty and credibility.
The US and Iran seem to have their own ideas for a possible ceasefire and conclusion to the ongoing war. Everyone else hangs in the balance.
Dubai International Airport and Fujairah port were once again disrupted on Monday. Separately, there is a new warning that this conflict could result in the region’s worst crises in decades.
