Apple moves jobs back to the US
Apple moves jobs back to the US
2025-03-07
Apple announced it would spend US$500 billion in the US over the next four years and create 20,000 jobs, signaling its pro-US jobs and investment policy. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump announced that he would double tariffs on China, where most Apple products are made. VOA’s Michelle Quinn reports.
Many iPhones and other Apple products are made in China. In recent years, Apple has expanded its manufacturing into other countries such as Vietnam and India. But not so much to the United States.
That is changing. Apple said that over the next four years it would invest US$500 billion in the US — with plans that include building a Texas facility to manufacture artificial intelligence servers — and commit to creating 20,000 US jobs.
Apple’s announcement follows a meeting between CEO Tim Cook and President Donald Trump. The iPhone maker is among US firms recently announcing domestic investment and job creation.
Donald Trump
US president
They are going to build here instead because they don’t want to pay the tariffs.
In a social media post, Trump doubled the 10% universal tariff imposed on China, effective Tuesday.
Observers say that Apple’s move is part of its trend to diversify its supply chain and is not related to Trump’s tariffs on China.
Bill Reinsch
Center for Strategic and International Studies
They have been for some years in the process of moving production away from China anyway pre-tariff. There’s still a substantial amount in China. But there’s a trend here that’s clear, and I think Apple will continue that.
While much of Apple’s plans had been known, the company is signaling its pro-US jobs and investment policy, a priority for the Trump administration.
Ben Bajarin
Creative Strategies
They are just taking the opportunity to use press releases to get some more public exposure for a lot of things they were already spending and obviously align well with a pro-US policy.
As part of its US investment, Apple said it would produce its advanced silicon chips in the Arizona plant of TSMC, the Taiwanese semiconductor firm.
Michelle Quinn, VOA News.
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蘋果宣布在未來四年在美投資5000億美元
2025-03-07
響應美國總統川普的製造業回流美國政策，蘋果公司宣布未來四年在美國投資5000億美元，並增聘2萬名人力。另外，川普也宣布加倍對中國商品的關稅，蘋果目前大部分商品都是在中國製造。來看美國之音的報導。
蘋果公司有很多手機和其他產品都是在中國製造，近幾年蘋果開始在其他國家擴廠，像是越南和印度，但美國則不多。
不過情況正有所轉變，蘋果宣布會在美國投資5000億美元，並計劃在德州設立伺服器製造廠，還承諾創造2萬個工作機會。
這是蘋果執行長庫克
美國總統川普會面之後宣布的消息。蘋果是其中一間最近宣布在美國投資，並創造就業機會的美國公司。
[[美國總統 川普]]
“他們要選擇在這裡設廠，因為他們不想付關稅。”
川普也在社群媒體發文，對中國的關稅提高至20%，週二起生效。
專家認為，蘋果本來就已經有讓供應鏈多元化的趨勢，並非被川普對中國的關稅政策所影響。
[[戰略暨國際研究中心 芮恩希]]
“他們早在關稅提高之前，就已經開始將在中國的產能外移，持續好幾年了，在中國進行的業務量仍然相當大，但這趨勢很明確，我認為蘋果會繼續轉移。”
蘋果的許多計畫不是現在才開始，而他們表明對美國就業和投資政策的支持，這也是川普政府的重點政策。
[[分析師 Ben Bajarin]]
"他們只是藉著這個機會，向大眾揭示他們很多已經在做、明顯符合現在政策的事。"
蘋果在美投資，也包括台積電在亞利桑那工廠生產先進晶片。
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