Trump Threatens Apple With 25 Percent Tariff

The president said that he expected iPhones from the tech giant to be ’manufactured and built' in the United States.
Trump Threatens Apple With 25 Percent Tariff
The Apple logo at an Apple store in Paris on April 23, 2025. Abdul Saboor/Reuters
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President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff on Apple if the tech giant does not manufacture iPhones in the United States.

In a May 23 statement posted on social media platform Truth Social, Trump wrote: “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else. If that is not the case, a Tariff of at least 25 percent must be paid by Apple to the U.S.”
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