Not if you live in america but since a growing number of Apple's customers don't live in america then Apple would be better off with the larger market afforded by being outside it.
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iPhone Sales Could Face Major Setback in China if Trump Enacts Trade War
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So it only affects Americans. An American import tax regardless of where the HQ is located, is only going to affect Americans.
Closed minded when right wingers hate many groups of people? Lol okay
So you think prices should rise for everything in order to artificially protect uncompetitive American jobs?
Do you think everyone should pay triple for everything in Wal Mart, causing inflation to rise everywhere else in the economy?
He hasn't passed a single law yet... hell he hasn't even taken office. I am not a Trump fan, but I'll at least wait to see what he DOES once inaugurated before skewering him. Sheesh.
Perfect for Russia, Venezuela, and Saudi Arabia. Thank god that plan failed hard.
You think what he said was hate rhetoric? Where have you been?
Free trade is non-artificial. What we have now is artificial. Prices and manufacturing sites will reallocate under fair trade. Some goods will be lower cost simply because they are made locally. Locally made goods are exceptionally good for the local economy in terms of jobs, incomes, and money velocity. Look that one up. China has about 7% growth and we have about 1.5%.
So why aren't you upset the iPhone has dislocated Nokia, Blackberry and Windows phone? Those are market effects with minimal cost reasons. iPhone is more expensive!
Inflation is a monetary effect from printing too much money. Price changes are market effects, hence why gasoline prices go both up and down all the time.
Chinese goods are cheaper more due to bypassing rights holders fees than purely labor. Think generic brands. Also the factories are subject to far fewer regulations and taxation. Chinese labor was far cheaper until recently, but labor is only under 10% of the cost of goods even in the USA. Closer to 5% for mass market goods.
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And thus the problem with politics. You couldn't back that up to save your life, yet you say it like it is cold hard fact. Liberals hate Christians. There, I can do it too (although I can back that up with at least a few examples).
Well this is interesting but I wouldn't be so quick to assume it will have a negative impact in the long run or in the greater scope of things.
I want you to think your cunning plan through.
How much do you think your clothes are now going to cost?
And do you think the retiree that shops at Wal-mart should now pay that price for their clothes?
More like the vulgar management at Apple - Fat ugly Eddy comes to mind. Certainly, the prices are not low in the UK - £1250 for a basic MacBook, £600 for a iPhone 7. It's those fat cats at Apple that have exploited the young Chinese workers. And yet, they seem to get away with it!
This is not directed to you. I find it odd that now many care about the Wal-Mart class shoppers, where on this very site people look down on and disparage them. All you have to do is look at an article announcing Wal-Mart beginning to sell an Apple product.
As a Brit I'm interested to see where Trump takes the USA. From our potentially biased coverage of the election over there all we got was he was going to build a wall with Mexico, chuck out immigrants with minor criminal records, and scrap abortion rights, they didn't really talk about trade tariffs or anything else.
No..China needs us more than we need them most of the world hasn't sold their soul and debt to China we're they're biggest customer.
Is this being reported by the same press that had Clinton winning the election?
Everything will be fine under Trump.
I can't wait.
I can't wait.
Good article.
A stiff tariff could, indeed, affect Apple adversely. However, a 15% corporate tax rate could also help America. So I see one balancing out the other.
We are so blessed to live in an age of Brexit and Trump. The cherry on top of this year would be the resignation or sacking of Tim Cook, who has taken Apple to a dead end, in my opinion.
A stiff tariff could, indeed, affect Apple adversely. However, a 15% corporate tax rate could also help America. So I see one balancing out the other.
We are so blessed to live in an age of Brexit and Trump. The cherry on top of this year would be the resignation or sacking of Tim Cook, who has taken Apple to a dead end, in my opinion.
They said they were going to start being more honest with their reporting. You don't believe them?
I look down on people who gleefully shop there. They encourage their local economies to continue to stagnate. Wal-mart moves in, local business moves out, nobody cares.
You missed out on the protectionist Obama/Clinton Democrats who want to build a similar wall between the US and Canada. God Bless America.
Not for a second.They said they were going to start being more honest with their reporting. You don't believe them?
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That was to regulate the distribution of maple syrup and bagged milk.
So, America should punish retirees and the poor by doubling or quadrupling prices in Wal-mart then?
Face it - NAFTA helped the US economy by keeping inflation and prices down.