Trump wants Apple to stop making more iPhones in India

President Donald Trump told Apple CEO Tim Cook that helium doesn’t privation the institution to determination iPhone accumulation to India. “I had a small occupation with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said during his sojourn to Qatar. “You’re coming successful with $500 billion, but present I perceive you’re gathering each implicit India… We’re not funny successful you gathering successful India.”

Trump claimed Apple is going to beryllium “upping their production” successful the US pursuing his chat with Cook. In February, Apple promised to put $500 billion successful the US implicit the adjacent 4 years, but iPhone accumulation is unlikely to travel stateside owed to a deficiency of labor, suppliers, and manufacturing facilities successful the US.

In caller years, Apple has ramped up iPhone production successful India successful effect to hostility betwixt the US and China. But pursuing Trump’s tariffs announcement, The Financial Times reported successful April that Apple plans to root each iPhones sold successful the US from India by the extremity of 2026.