Exclusive: Foxconn Is Set to Begin Assembling Top-End Apple iPhones in India in 2019

Exclusive: Foxconn Is Set to Begin Assembling Top-End Apple iPhones in India in 2019
A motorcyclist rides past the logo of Foxconn, the trading name of Hon Hai Precision Industry, in Taipei, Taiwan on March 30, 2018. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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MUMBAI/NEW DELHI—Apple will begin assembling its top-end iPhones in India through the local unit of Foxconn as early as 2019, marking the first time the Taiwanese contract manufacturer will make the product in the country, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The move could help both Foxconn and Apple limit the effects of a trade war between the United States and China.