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This is unrealistic. A 100% import tax on Chinese electronics would result in a 100% import tax on American pork, for example, going into China. It would take
by spcelzrd 9y ago
This is unrealistic. A 100% import tax on Chinese electronics would result in a 100% import tax on American pork, for example, going into China.
It would take years for Apple to get the supply chain necessary to make their products in America. A better strategy for Apple would just be to wait for a more friendly administration, or use political leverage and lobbying money to get the law repealed.
There is no scenario where tariffs would result in iPhones being built in America.
- WillPostForFood 9y agoYou are right, it is probably too late now. But tariffs might have prevented the supply chain from moving or being established in China in the first place if they had been in place ~20 years ago. And while unrealistic, there might be a scenario now that would work: some slowly escalating tariff over a decade that would allow time to deal with the supply chain issues.