Trump threatens 25 percent tariff on iPhones manufactured overseas

President Donald Trump has escalated pressure on Apple to manufacture iPhones for the American market domestically. In a post on Truth Social Friday morning, the president explicitly warned that he would recommend a 25 percent tariff be applied to any iPhones sold in the United States that were manufactured outside the country.

"I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else. If that is not the case, a Tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the U.S.,” the president wrote.

His reference to India was in response to continued reporting that Apple has been considering shifting all US-bound iPhone production to India in order to avoid trade instability with China brought on ...