Report: Apple Airlifted Premium Devices to US to Beat Tariff Deadline

[cocky jeremy]

Are these still carbon neutral? Funny how the environment takes a back seat

Nobody cares about that. Apple pretends to care for the very few that do care, but that's it.

 

[Ja Di ksw]

That is why it’s not about building Apple products in the USA
It’s about exporting American products that countries refuse to accept

What’s wrong with that? It should all be equal. If I buy a MacBook for $3000, then Apple should have to buy $3000 of my work too. I do research articles, so they better start subscribing to a lot of scientific research journals, or just pay me for each article separately. Pay me Apple or I’m putting a 104% tariff on you!

Perfectly reasonable.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

What’s wrong with that? It should all be equal. If I buy a MacBook for $3000, then Apple should have to buy $3000 of my work too. I do research articles, so they better start subscribing to a lot of scientific research journals, or just pay me for each article separately. Pay me Apple or I’m putting a 104% tariff on you!

Perfectly reasonable.

You're missing some reality on your consensus. The US has 330M people who purchase and consume a hell of a lot more than a country with 100M people. So why should a country with far fewer (and poorer) people buy as much from the US as the US buys from them?

THAT is "perfectly reasonable".

EDIT: Rereading your comment, I now suspect you were being sarcastic but lacking any sign of sarcasm, I can't be sure.

 

[Stuwil]

You're missing some reality on your consensus. The US has 330M people who purchase and consume a hell of a lot more than a country with 100M people. So why should a country with far fewer (and poorer) people buy as much from the US as the US buys from them?

THAT is "perfectly reasonable".

Exactly

That is essentially what is it
It’s not to do with Apple products because why would a USA government want to deliberately make their products dearer to buy?

 

[Manzanito]

Nobody forgot. The tariff formula defined by the current regime says it’s not. They said it was based on trade deficits. And you literally have countries like Australia which always had 0% who now end up with 10% “reciprocal.”

Get out of here, providing facts and reason instead of slogans!

 

[Mousse]

Its like Trump is angry , wants to hurt USA or he is not that business man who many believed

He is the business man I believe him to be. He's the business man who bankrupt multiple casinos.

Now he's trying to bankrupt multiple companies at the same time.

 

[axantas]

He is the business man I believe him to be. He's the business man who bankrupt multiple casinos.

Now he's trying to bankrupt multiple companies at the same time.

He is up to bankrupt an entire country, to be honest. Welcome to the new United States…

 

[turbineseaplane]

So bold -- so brave...

The moves Tim will make to "avoid tariffs and taxes worldwide"
So inspiring..

/s

 

[decafjava]

He is up to bankrupt an entire country, to be honest. Welcome to the new United States…

The underlying problems were in place before Donald Trump was elected the first time, both economically and in terms of FP. He just made them worse and is accelerating the decline. I am sorry about that.

 

[jdclifford]

Everyone seems to forget that the whole point of instituting tariffs is that they're RECIPROCOL.

The goal is to get everyone to say, "hey let's just do 0% and let free trade work"

You’re forgetting the “non tariff” barriers to free trade Trump is harping on which is all part of his “one stop shopping” negotiation strategy. He wants to decide how the world economy will run according to his whims.

 

[canadianreader]

Nobody forgot. The tariff formula defined by the current regime says it’s not. They said it was based on trade deficits. And you literally have countries like Australia which always had 0% who now end up with 10% “reciprocal.”

The 10% is partly because Australia wouldn't take American beef because of risk of mad cow disease.

 

[JPack]

The 10% is partly because Australia wouldn't take American beef because of risk of mad cow disease.

I'd think the reciprocal would be simply not taking Australian beef.

 

[ZMacintosh]

so much damn winnnnning! this is exhausting and obnoxious.

 

[canadianreader]

I'd think the reciprocal would be simply not taking Australian beef.

Trump doesn't like invisible tariffs so my assumption that he wouldn't be using them. I also read on some news sites that Australia (not 100% sure) and other countries were diverting steel through Canada to avoid tariffs. Part of the US-Canada deal is for Canada to stop that.

Government launches consultations on trade measures to prevent diversion of steel products into Canada - Canada.ca

Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry announced the launch of a 30-day public consultation on possible trade measures to protect against the threat of diversion of steel products from...

www.canada.ca

 

[j26]

The 10% is partly because Australia wouldn't take American beef because of risk of mad cow disease.

A valid reason.
I couldn't give blood for nearly 30 years because I spent time living in the UK when the BSE risk was highest.


Maybe that's what happened to me....

 

[turbineseaplane]

Shot

Chaser

 

[j26]

Ah, my head is spinning now. Was all that chaos for nothing? Or.... what did they slip through while we weren't looking?

 

[turbineseaplane]

Ah, my head is spinning now. Was all that chaos for nothing? Or.... what did they slip through while we weren't looking?

It's all corruption

Think how rich some are getting off this with inside knowledge

This, from 6 days ago is so spot on:

 

[StevieD100]

That would be a very huge achievement if true.

Please take a look at the most recent filing by Trump Media. In that official document, it lists ALL his business failures. It is perfectly true. TWO Trump branded casino's in Atlantic City went bust with him at the helm.

 

[SFjohn]

Don't tell the environmentalists that China creates 30% of the CO2 emissions contributing to global warming.

Which is far less per person than the USA… 🤔

 

[hans1972]

Are these still carbon neutral? Funny how the environment takes a back seat

That's why Trump wants more coal mines.

Apple itself is carbon neutral in its operations. They have promised to make their whole supply chain carbon neutral by 2030.

I'm not so sure it would help much moving assembly to the US. Most of the parts of the iPhone is made elsewhere and needs to be shipped mostly from East-Asia.

 

[hans1972]

Did Corning airlift their ceramic shields to China? Otherwise they will be subject to a 34% tariff, to be assembled and returned to the US (as part of an iPhone) subject to another 104% tariff.

Apple may decide to use a cheaper local supplier for screen protection rather than pay the extra. It may well make Corning uncompetitive and result in a loss of jobs in the US.

Corning has factories in China, Mexico and Poland outside the US.

I'm not sure where the iPhone glass is produced but I guess they could shift the production to one of these factories.

 

[bLackjackj]

Lol,..next article will be about companies now stuck with old stock sitting in overstocked warehouses across America 😂

 

[ijordano]

So much for shipping by sea to save Co2 emissions

 

[Ja Di ksw]

You're missing some reality on your consensus. The US has 330M people who purchase and consume a hell of a lot more than a country with 100M people. So why should a country with far fewer (and poorer) people buy as much from the US as the US buys from them?

THAT is "perfectly reasonable".

EDIT: Rereading your comment, I now suspect you were being sarcastic but lacking any sign of sarcasm, I can't be sure.

Dude… you seriously couldn’t tell if I was being sarcastic? Saying that Apple had to buy one of my research articles for $3000 if I buy one of their laptops?