On his social network Truth Social, the President of the United States said he had informed Tim Cook a long time ago about The importance of the place of manufacture of the iPhone and Risks of taxation to which Apple is exposed at the moment.
© Truth Social screen capture by iphon.fr
Donald Trump explains that the iPhone, if made elsewhere than in the United States, will be taxed +25 %. However, we know that Apple is currently trying to migrate its production channels from China to new destinations, India in particular, but also South America. All this in the initial idea of avoiding the import costs increased by Trump for everything that comes from China.
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But obviously, the Californian firm still has work to do to avoid an outbreak of the prices of its iPhone.
100 % made in USA: an unattainable dream?
On the other hand, Tim Cook could well fail to meet the American requirements in terms of interior relocation. Indeed, on the one hand, as Ming-Chi Kuo explains, it would be more financially advantageous for the company to continue to manufacture its iPhone outside the country of Uncle Sam, even if it means paying these 25 % taxes, rather than counting 100 % made in USA. The Cupertino Society would indeed have the capacity to absorb these 25 %. Producing on American soil would cost him much more.
In Terms of Profitability, it’s Way Better for Apple to Take The Hit of A 25% Tariff On Iphones Sold in the Us Market Than to Move iPhone Lines Back to Us.https://t.co/yctwpmqyep pic.twitter.com/vprpj0cau
-郭明錤 (ming-chi kuo) (@mingchikuo) May 23, 2025
In addition, several analysts meet in the fact that it would be this stage impossible For Apple to respond to the EXTIGENCES of the United States government. And this, for two reasons: the first is linked to the absence (to date) or the insufficient qualified local labor, the second is that of the cost of this workforce. Who says production made in USA necessarily says much higher labor cost that in countries like China, India or Brazil. It was thus predicted that an iPhone designed across the Atlantic could reach a sale price of $ 3,500…
Finally, as if the American consumer had not already suffered enough from the arrival of Donald Trump in power, the latter said that this 25 % tax concerns all smartphones manufacturers. Thus, Samsung and others are also invited to produce in the United States, under penalty of seeing their products taxed in the same way when they arrived on American soil.
Apple has not yet reacted publicly to the publication of the White House. The iPhone 17 may in any case be strongly impacted by these new regulations. The scholarship reacted badly in front of this with a Apple Action Fallen from -3 % from yesterday to today.
By: keleops ag
