"No US tech company is more negatively impacted by these tariffs than Apple."
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"No US tech company is more negatively impacted by these tariffs than Apple."
Read More Daniel Ives: 'China holds a lot of cards in this game of poker'
"Boston is over 500,000 people. The whole city would need to stop everything and start assembling iPhones."
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Apple "wanted to beat the tariff," said one of the sources familiar with the planning.
"As we've had more time to think about potential mitigation efforts, a new train of thought has emerged." — Morgan Stanley analyst Erik Woodring
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In 2016, when Mr. Trump was urging his supporters to boycott Apple products and threatening huge China tariffs, little wonder that Mr. Cook, a quiet Democrat and a strong supporter of L.G.B.T.Q. rights and diversity initiatives, went on a charm offensive.
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"Investors started dumping U.S. government bonds. They sold and sold and sold."
"Apple has what is among the most complex supply chains that has ever been designed in human history, and it is not going to be able to completely change that supply chain anytime soon."
The Administration's plan is to replace an army of Asian screw turners with automated factories that American high-school graduates will service.
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The tariff on Chinese goods could add about $300 to the current $550 hardware cost to Apple of an iPhone 16 Pro that currently retails for $1,100, according to TechInsights.
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