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Al Jazeera
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Andy Hirschfeld

Apple to move assembly of US phones to India in shift away from China

Apple is trying to relocate the assembly of its iPhones sold in the US from China to India amid the trade war between the US and China [File: Timothy A Clary/AFP]

As Apple grapples with United States President Donald Trump’s tariff war with China, it has laid out plans to move to Indian assembly of the majority of iPhones it sells in the US by the end of 2026, a move that would double its current output from the South Asian nation and away from China.

The tech giant produces in China 80 percent of the 60 million iPhones sold in the US and this is a key step that would help it mitigate some of the costs it faces amid rising tariffs on China.

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