Trump Opposes Apple's 'Make in India' Plan

Apple plans to produce all 60+ million iPhones for the US market in India by next year, via Foxconn and Tata, significantly boosting India's mobile exports

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

President Donald Trump has hit out at Apple's plans to produce more iPhones in India as a way of avoiding US tariffs on Chinese-made goods, as he continues to push the tech group to manufacture its best-selling device in America, the Financial Times has reported.

Speaking in Qatar on the latest leg of his Middle East tour, the US president said he had "a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday" after the Apple chief executive confirmed last week that Indian factories would supply the "majority" of iPhones sold in the US in the coming months.

Earlier, it was reported that Apple planned to source from India all of the more than 60 million iPhones sold annually in the US by the end of next year. Trump criticized that idea on Thursday, saying that he told Cook, "We are treating you really good, we put up with all the plants you built in China for years. We are not interested in you building in India."

He claimed that Apple would be "upping their production in the United States" following the conversation. Apple did not respond to a request for comment.