Despite scaremongering headlines, Trump did not escalate his "reciprocal" China tariff to 245% on Tuesday night. The figure is a reinstatement of previous tariffs that don't apply to Apple or big tech at all.
To somehow support claims that the tariff exemption is not an exemption at all, the White House has announced an investigation into the entire semiconductor market segment.
While denying he ever changes his mind, Trump has now said he helped out Apple with tariffs because of conversations with Tim Cook.
Apple opened trading on Monday, April 14, 2025, at its highest price since President Donald Trump first announced tariffs — despite White House officials warning that exemptions are temporary.
In the latest trade back-and-forth, China has surged its tariff rate on US goods from 84% to 125%, at the same time saying it won't negotiate if the U.S. continues to engage in "trade blackmail."
Despite repeated political promises recently saying otherwise, because of federal wants and big business needs over the last 100 years, the U.S. lacks both the low-cost labor and specialized manufacturing workforce needed to bring iPhone production home.
Investment firm Morgan Stanley theorizes that Apple has long-term options to protect its iPhone 17 Pro prices from tariff hikes, including steering buyers to larger storage capacities, which have a greater profit margin.
With a 104% tariff now in effect on Chinese-made iPhone models, Apple is bracing for higher costs — but instead of raising prices outright, it may make changes it hopes you may not see.
A quote from the CEO of Luxshare is firing up speculation that AirPods production will move to the US, but the scaffolding of the statement is too flimsy to hold the weight of the guesswork.
Alongside its emergency importing of iPhones before tariffs hugely increased costs, Apple is now said to have also had Macs airlifted into the US.
President Trump believes iPhone manufacturing could shift to the US very quickly. He's wrong — it won't happen during his term, if it happens at all.
President Donald Trump appearing to be more open to negotiations was initially enough to see Apple's shares rise fractionally overnight, only to see the fourth trading day since the tariff announcement deliver another big hit to the stock.
Ahead of the markets opening on April 8, 2025, Apple stock has inched into positive territory after Trump's tariff announcement knocked the entire value of Visa or WalMart out of the company.
The never-ending talk of tariffs has people rushing to buy the best iPhone that they can afford now before it becomes significantly more expensive.
While markets fluctuated insanely on rumors, the third consecutive trading day after the blockbuster tariffs announcement has again ended very badly for Apple, with it seeing billions more bled off of valuation.
In order to protect its customers from high import fees, Apple shipped an impressive amount of products, including iPhone, to the US from over seas, with very little notice. Here's how it did it.
President Trump is literally doubling down on his ruinous tariff plans, saying that since China has retaliated to the original rate, he is now raising it a further 50%.
Analysts at Wedbush say that Apple's iPhone is the piece of technology hit the hardest by Trump's tariffs, and has lowered its price target by a whopping $75 as a result.
Investment bank Morgan Stanley believes that the CEOs of US big tech were unprepared for how steep Trump's tariffs ended up being, and will now — probably unsuccessfully — try to persuade him to make changes.
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has blamed his iPhone for accidentally inviting a journalist into a secret discussion of a strategic military strike.
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