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Why would Apple decide to build in Vietnam after secretly committing $275B to advance Chinese manufacturing? Western political heat seems most logical.
by alphabetting 4y ago
Why would Apple decide to build in Vietnam after secretly committing $275B to advance Chinese manufacturing? Western political heat seems most logical.
- thetinguy 4y agoBecause 0 Covid policies are leading to unpredictable and extended delays.
- scarface74 4y agoHow does Apple “secretly” commit to spending $275B? It couldn’t be too much of a secret if random HN posters know about it.
- alphabetting 4y agoit was secret for years until The Information reported it. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/12/report-apple-ceo-tim-cook-engineered-a-secret-275-billion-deal-with-china/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/12/report-apple-ceo-tim...
- mr_toad 4y agoMost businesses deals are secret by default. All my contracts have confidentiality clauses. The only reason to make a deal non-secret is PR.
- alphabetting 4y ago>Most businesses deals are secret by default. All my contracts have confidentiality clauses. Not true for investments in the hundreds of billions. >The only reason to make a deal non-secret is PR. This deal was kept secret for PR reasons.
- stale2002 4y agoSo then yes you agree with the person you are talking to completely, that yes it was secret, and you disagree completely with the person who was saying that it wasn't secret. You just agree 100% with the person you were responding to, and brought up an irrelevant point.
- Apocryphon 4y agoBecause the trade war happened and we just had two years of supply chain disruptions.