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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Liedtke

Apple has few incentives to start making iPhones in U.S., despite Trump's trade war with China

President Donald Trump's administration has been predicting its barrage of tariffs targeting China will push Apple into manufacturing the iPhone in the United States for the first time.

But that's an unlikely scenario even with U.S tariffs now standing at 145% on products made in China — the country where Apple has manufactured most of its iPhones since the first model hit the market 18 years ago.

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