Thursday, April 10, 2025

White House insists iPhones will be US-made – but Apple calls it a non-starter | Trump administration | The Guardian

Cook told Fortune in 2017 that companies like his relied on countries such as China not for cheap labor, but the quality of trained employees. 

"The reason is because of the skill and the quantity of skill in one location, and the type of skill," he said. 

"[Our] products require really advanced tooling. The precision that you have to have in tooling, and working with the materials that we do, are state-of-the-art, and the tooling skill is very deep here. 

"In the US you could have a meeting of tooling engineers, and I'm not sure we could fill the room. In China you could fill multiple football fields."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-apple-iphones-made-in-usa 


 

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