The White House insists that US President Donald Trump's vision of flagship Apple iPhones being manufactured in the US will be realised, despite claims from analysts and the company that this is impossible. This was reported by The Guardian, writes UNN.
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Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt said days ago during a briefing that the US President believes that Apple's recently announced $500 billion investment, as well as the increase in import costs caused by his trade duties, will encourage the company to increase production in the US.
"He believes that we have the workers, we have the workforce, we have the resources to do it. If Apple didn't think the US could do it, they probably wouldn't have invested such a large sum," she said.
According to experts, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, the problem is that the US does not have the labour force as in other countries where most electronics are currently manufactured, such as China, where about 85% of iPhones are made, as well as India and Vietnam, the publication writes.
According to them, this makes unattainable the concept presented by US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick on the Face the Nation programme that Apple and other technology companies should use "American manufacturing facilities" to produce their products. "Remember the army of millions and millions of people screwing in tiny screws to make iPhones? Such things will come to America," Lutnick said.
Meanwhile, other experts dismiss the White House's claims that tariffs are encouraging Apple to start producing its products in the US using American workers and robots. "I don't think that's the case," Laura Martin, a senior technology analyst at Needham, said on CNBC's The Exchange.
"It's impossible to do it right away, it takes years," she added.
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Earlier, CNN wrote that moving iPhone production to the US will triple its cost due to the cost of labour and the reproduction of the production ecosystem.