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Trump wants Apple to stop making more iPhones in India

‘We’re not interested in you building in India.’

‘We’re not interested in you building in India.’

Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.

President Donald Trump told Apple CEO Tim Cook that he doesn’t want the company to move iPhone production to India. “I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said during his visit to Qatar. “You’re coming in with $500 billion, but now I hear you’re building all over India… We’re not interested in you building in India.”

Trump claimed Apple is going to be “upping their production” in the US following his chat with Cook. In February, Apple promised to invest $500 billion in the US over the next four years, but iPhone production is unlikely to come stateside due to a lack of labor, suppliers, and manufacturing facilities in the US.

In recent years, Apple has ramped up iPhone production in India in response to tension between the US and China. But following Trump’s tariffs announcement, The Financial Times reported in April that Apple plans to source all iPhones sold in the US from India by the end of 2026.

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