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Apple puts Other $ 100 billion Towards manufacturing in the United States, as the company responds to pressure from President Donald Trump to manufacture more of its products in the United States. This step depends on the company’s initial plan He invested 500 billion dollars in the United States Over the next four years, it includes a new American manufacturing program that the company says will bring more “advanced supply and manufacturing chain” from Apple.
As part of its investments, Apple agreed to an expanded partnership With Corning to manufacture “100 percent” of iPhone and Apple Watch glass in Kentucky. It will also work with Samsung in Chip Fab in Austin, Texas, “to launch an innovative new technology for making chips, which has not been used before anywhere in the world,” according to Apple’s press statement.
The Apple server factory in Houston, which it announced earlier this year, will start huge production starting in 2026, while Apple also expands the data center in Maiden, North Carolina. Last month, Apple declared It will open a Michigan Manufacturing Academy to help train American companies with “advanced manufacturing” technologies as well.
It is not clear whether the new Apple promises will saturate Trump, from You think Apple can make iPhone devices In the United States. Apple has transferred some of its manufacture outside China to Vietnam and India in recent years in an attempt to avoid definitions and supply chain failures. Trump criticized Apple for not re -work to the United States instead, and the company threatened 25 percent tariff If you don’t make more products locally.
“I am proud to say that Apple is leading the creation of the Silicon supply chain from one side here in America, from design to equipment to chip to manufacturing to packages,” Cook said during a press conference. “We will continue to work with our suppliers to move more of this incredibly advanced work to America.”
Apple revealed last week that the Trump tariff could Add 1.1 billion dollars Its costs during the quarter in September, in addition to 800 million dollars that it already spent on the fees. Trump also introduced a new “mutual” tariff that affects the products imported from a wide range of countries, including Vietnam, which manufactures Mac, iPads and watches. On Wednesday, Trump said he would raise the definitions On India by 25 percentCook said that the “majority” of the US iPhone devices are made.
Update, Aug 6: A statement from Cook added.