Apple Stock Jumps as Trump Pauses Some Tariffs for 90 Days

[MacRumors]

Apple stock is on the rise after U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to pause most tariffs for a 90-day period. Tariffs are immediately on hold in countries that have not enacted retaliatory tariffs, which means this pause does not apply to China, but it is applicable in other countries where Apple suppliers operate like India, Vietnam, and Taiwan.

While Trump has paused tariffs in most countries, he raised tariffs on incoming Chinese goods to 125 percent, up from 104 percent earlier today. The 125 percent tariff is effective immediately, and comes after China raised tariffs on U.S. goods to 84 percent this morning.

Apple stock is up five percent since the tariffs were paused and 11 percent today, but the market is volatile right now with Trump's tariff back and forth, and it could see further shifts downward. It is not clear if it was immediately apparent that the pause did not apply to China.

Apple will still be impacted by tariffs on goods coming from China, but a reprieve on tariffs from other countries will allow Apple to bring more devices to the U.S. with little in the way of extra fees. The pause applies to all higher "reciprocal" tariffs that went into effect today, though there is still a 10 percent tariff in place.

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[turbineseaplane]

He caved

Fox aired this right before

 

[thermal]

This is exhausting.

 

[turbineseaplane]

This is exhausting.

All part of the plan.
This was posted 6 days ago and is tracking the corruption perfectly

Imagine trying to run a business with this as the backdrop

 

[j26]

So did the penguins win the trade war?

 

[phill85]

I don’t know why Apple stock is jumping, most of their stuff is produced right in the place with 104% tariffs. 🙄

 

[jarman92]

All part of the plan.
This was posted 6 days ago and is tracking the corruption perfectly

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This idea is appealing but all evidence points to Trump being exactly the bumbling idiot he appears to be.

 

[Westside guy]

Just what the US needs - a steady, measured, consistent hand at the wheel.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I don’t know why Apple stock is jumping, most of their stuff is produced right in the place with 104% tariffs. 🙄

Everything is up

It's a positive sign to see there is SOME form of gravity that can and will still pull Trump's deranged concepts back out of orbit.

 

[GMShadow]

I don’t know why Apple stock is jumping, most of their stuff is produced right in the place with 104% tariffs. 🙄

125% now actually.


Enough of it can be sourced from the other suppliers that Apple can probably avoid any real hit - it just means the US bound products will come from non-China factories wherever possible.

 

[j26]

I don’t know why Apple stock is jumping, most of their stuff is produced right in the place with 104% tariffs. 🙄

With a few adjustments they can probably service a lot of US demand from India, so the likely impact is far less.

 

[Westside guy]

So did the penguins win the trade war?

Word is they've pledged to give up their nukes if the US drops its tariffs.

 

[jarman92]

I don’t know why Apple stock is jumping, most of their stuff is produced right in the place with 104% tariffs. 🙄

Because markets in 2025 are driven entirely by vibes, not reality.

 

[infinitejest]

What a circus it has become...

 

[DocMultimedia]

Why not just set China to 312% and call it a day? Wait until the weekend to start a nuclear war. 🙄

 

[turbineseaplane]

What a circus it has become...

Always has been ..

And this time around we are only a few months in..

Buckle up!

 

[EugW]

I don’t know why Apple stock is jumping, most of their stuff is produced right in the place with 104% tariffs. 🙄

125%

Edit: @GMShadow beat me to it. Appropriate handle for the tariff war BTW. 😛

 

[caliguy]

The US has successfully diversified from the Chinese chokehold.

 

[beerseagulls]

is it just me or does it feel like they are using this to allow their donors, supporters or other cronies to take advantage of the nosedive of many stocks in the last few days? imagine someone buying Apple stocks in the last couple of days.... once the tariff gets paused, cancelled or renegotiated, those guys will be instant millionaires.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I'll admit it's going to be fun to watch folks continually trying to "make sense of what Trump is doing and why it's a great idea" all get rug pulled over and over again as he capriciously flies from one pole to another based upon political and donor class reactions.

 

[spazzcat]

It's almost like someone's manipulating the market ...

 

[turbineseaplane]

is it just me or does it feel like they are using this to allow their donors, supporters or other cronies to take advantage of the nosedive of many stocks in the last few days? imagine someone buying Apple stocks in the last couple of days.... once the tariff gets paused, cancelled or renegotiated, those guys will be instant millionaires.

That's called insider trading and corruption.

And "yes" is the answer and no it's not just you noticing.

 

[scorpio vega]

Explain like I’m 5:

Since Apple is talking about importing from India. Can’t they just import to India as a medium from china then ship from India to the states?

So did the penguins win the trade war?

I’m fearing they are preparing their invasion soon

 

[caliguy]

is it just me or does it feel like they are using this to allow their donors, supporters or other cronies to take advantage of the nosedive of many stocks in the last few days? imagine someone buying Apple stocks in the last couple of days.... once the tariff gets paused, cancelled or renegotiated, those guys will be instant millionaires.

Or anyone with an Internet connection and a brokerage account.

 

[j26]

I was listening to the news on the way home in the car and there was a discussion about what was happening in the bond markets and how the rising yields was actually more worrying than the stock market, and I got to thinking...

You know the way everyone was in fear of the Russian army until they invaded and showed that far from being the second best army in the world the were barely even the second best army in Russia at one stage?

Is it possible signs are starting to emerge that the US economy is not as strong as it's touted to be, and maybe that it's in fact a bit of a paper tiger?

One thing that got me thinking that was is listening to the complaining about lack of access for foodstuffs to the EU - surely a post-industrial superpower wouldn't be so concerned with agriculture, and would be more focused on high skill, high value employment.