Tariffs may well bring some high-tech manufacturing back to America
But ordinary Americans will feel little if any benefit
YOU might think a company worth $1trn would gain a sympathetic hearing in the White House. Not, it seems, when the subject is China. On September 7th, as President Donald Trump prepared a new salvo of tariffs on Chinese imports, Apple released a letter pleading with the administration to change tack lest it harm American consumers. “Make your products in the United States instead of China,” Mr Trump tweeted back. “Start building new plants now. Exciting!” The response reflects a view within his administration that in a trade showdown with China, America cannot lose.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Upsetting the Apple cart”
Finance & economics September 15th 2018
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