{"id":49454,"date":"2025-05-23T18:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanacres.in\/?p=49454"},"modified":"2025-05-23T18:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:30:08","slug":"trump-challenges-apple-make-in-india-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/?p=49454","title":{"rendered":"Trump Challenges Apple Make in India Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Former US President has issued a stark warning to Apple, threatening a 25% tariff on iPhones manufactured outside the United States, including those assembled in India.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>The statement directly challenges Apple\u2019s rapidly growing \u2018Make in India\u2019 strategy. Trump made the comments on his social media platform, Truth Social, stating that he had \u201clong ago informed Tim Cook\u201d that all iPhones sold in the US should be manufactured domestically. \u201cIf that is not the case, a Tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the U.S.,\u201d he wrote, adding, \u201cnot India, or anyplace else.\u201d Apple, which has significantly ramped up its Indian manufacturing operations, may face a serious policy challenge if the tariff threat materialises under a future Trump administration. The tech giant produced iPhones worth approximately $22 billion in India in the fiscal year ending March 2025, a 60% increase from the previous year. India currently accounts for 20% of global iPhone production, a figure expected to rise to 25% within the next few years. The move is part of Apple\u2019s broader strategy to reduce reliance on China amid rising geopolitical tensions and pandemic-era disruptions.<\/h4>\n<h4>However, Trump\u2019s renewed tariff rhetoric threatens to disrupt Apple\u2019s global supply chain diversification and reintroduce uncertainty into US-India tech trade relations. During a previous visit to Qatar, Trump reportedly told Cook: \u201cI treated you very good&#8230; but now I hear you&#8217;re building all over India. I don&#8217;t want you building in India. India can take care of themselves.\u201d Trump\u2019s comments also referenced Apple\u2019s February pledge to invest $500 billion in the US, casting doubt on the company\u2019s overseas ambitions. The threat of tariffs comes as Apple and its key suppliers such as Foxconn continue expanding Indian operations under New Delhi\u2019s Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes.<\/h4>\n<h4>The remarks may also influence ongoing policy debates in Washington, particularly regarding tech supply chain resilience, trade policy, and domestic job creation.<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/india-inaugurates-103-amrit-bharat-stations-for-sustainable-future\/\">India Inaugurates 103 Amrit Bharat Stations For Sustainable Future<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5>Trump Challenges Apple Make in India Drive<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former US President has issued a stark warning to Apple, threatening a 25% tariff on iPhones manufactured outside the United<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19655,19580,19614],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news","category-urban-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}