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Apple Reportedly Considering Moving Up to 30% of Production Out of China to Diversify Supply Chain
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One of the reasons Tim Apple makes the big bucks. Apple’s got plenty of cash to make the necessary investments; who knows it might ultimately result in lower costs (even without the ill-advised, global economy-impacting tariffs).
Sure they did. They all did. That's why Foxconn is opening that factory in Wisconsin or something.
Will someone please think of the grossly overpaid executives? What kind of a monster would expect Tim to settle for a 400 instead of a 600 foot yacht? That’s a clear human rights violation!
They don’t need an “excuse”. As labor costs in China have been increasing this was inevitable. The tariffs have just accelerated the schedule.
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I see you fail to realize how good it is that China's trade will be fragmented into multiple Asian countries. This type of jobs will probably never come to the US (at least to a sizeable degree), but as long as there is not a single industrial superpower (=China at the moment) the US has only to gain from weakening it.
Mr. Cook is a supply chain genius, I don’t think you need to concern yourself with Apple diversifying “properly”. If you know anything about Cook, you know it’ll be done efficiently, intelligently, strategically and cost effectively.
Good. That’s better than China, genius.
That's some leap.
That said, I can't stand that yob in the White House but have to say given China's authoritarian government and human rights abuses, I'd be happy to see Apple move production entirely elsewhere.
No but, for the sake of Europe and the US, China's mercantilism has to be stopped or at least cooled down to quite a sizeable point.
Why would someone living outside the United States be happy about iPhones being manufactured here?
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Trump isn’t threatening China so Apple can move manufacturing to Vietnam or Mexico.
Sure, if you are ready to pay three times the money for an iPhone or Mac, why not? Same counts for much of the stuff you purchase - clothes, technology, whatever.
Once China will get to expensive in terms of costs, production will move on. But surely not to the U.S. or Middle-Europe.
... we lose by paying higher prices, and are powerless to stop the slow motion train wreck of lowered demand rippling through the global economy, slowing it and possibly even precipitating a worldwide recession.
Terry Gou no longer runs Foxconn day-to-day. I’m guessing that Apple sees changes at Foxconn they don’t like, and along with the overall demographic trends in mainland China and the Orwellian mandates from the Chinese government, Cook decided it might be wise to “diversify”.
These "reports" are likely far behind what has already been discussed/done at Apple.
Any potential productions issues in China have likely already been mitigated with various contingency plans.
Apple's supply chain is world class. They didn't "just" think of this and undoubtedly made plans before the trade dispute even started. You people underestimate Apple severely.
Any potential productions issues in China have likely already been mitigated with various contingency plans.
Apple's supply chain is world class. They didn't "just" think of this and undoubtedly made plans before the trade dispute even started. You people underestimate Apple severely.
So the tariffs are not about protecting US jobs (that was obvious anyway), its about economic warfare against China.
With regards to Apple, its about shifting manufacture to wherever they can get a better rate of return. That is, it's all about the money. As mentioned, other industries have already shifted production to other countries prior to the tariffs.
With regards to Apple, its about shifting manufacture to wherever they can get a better rate of return. That is, it's all about the money. As mentioned, other industries have already shifted production to other countries prior to the tariffs.
It's not about Trump, it should've been done years ago. China was allowed to grow and cheat to unprecedented levels.
But Modern Monetary Theory, the darling of politicians everywhere, teaches that it’s possible to push a rope...
He’s certainly a supply chain genius, but even geniuses can always improve. He’ll get it done.
Haha. No.I hope Pakistan & Bangladesh as well as Thailand gets some manufacturing.