(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump is upset at the prospect of Apple’s proposed move to build its products in India, a report said.
Trump met with Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday and took shots at the company’s moves to diversify production away from China, urging him to pivot stateside. The comments were made while Trump was discussing Washington’s broader trade relations with India.
“I said to him, ‘My friend, I treated you very good,'” Trump said. “‘You’re coming here with $500 billion, but now I hear you’re building all over India.’ I don’t want you building in India.”
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Apple has been ramping up production in India recently with the goal of making around 25% of global iPhones in the country in the next few years. Foxconn, Apple’s main assembly partner in India, received approval from its government earlier this week to build a semiconductor plant in the country in a joint venture with HCL Group.
Apple has also looked at Vietnam to expand its production capacity.
