Comment Re:Sucks for Apple (Score 1) 74
Apple is stuck right now. They can't continue to manufacture in China, or they just won't be able to sell any iPhones in the US with the tariffs. But moving production to India is a big risk, because you can't predict if there'll be higher tariffs on India soon. And it's just not feasible to make them in the US, though I'm sure they worked the numbers on it. Then there's always the risk that after moving production to India, that China makes a deal and it becomes better to manufacture in China again.
There is always some risk with literally everything regarding Trump, but in this case, the risk is probably low.
1) Trump and Modi like each other and Trump needs to stop pissing off possible allies for the inevitable war with China. He needs for the other nations in the region to at least be not actively helping China to win. I suspect a lot of this kind of thinking is driving US relations with Russia - the US is trying to keep Russia from supporting China in the eventual war, but Trump is too dumb to understand that duplicity is exactly up Russia's alley.
2) It's inevitable that for a variety of reasons, including my predicted eventual war with China, that Apple has to stop making everything in China. Once the war starts, there aren't going to be any more iPhone shipments outside of China.
3) VP JD Vance has made it pretty clear that he is hugely pro-India (see who he married) and extremely anti-China. He is just one very easy to spot open manifestation of what is likely the general feeling among Trump's aides.