moving some production<\/a> to India and Vietnam.\u00a0<\/p>\nThis has been less than beneficial given the president\u2019s wide-ranging approach to tariffs this time around. Trump initially hit all three countries with hefty \u201creciprocal\u201d tariffs before putting most on pause. <\/p>\n
Tariffs on Chinese goods remained in place, as Washington and Beijing went tit for tat on import taxes, raising levies on one another to 145 percent and 125 percent, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two sides eventually struck an agreement to lower their tariffs to 30 percent and 10 percent, a truce they agreed to extend Tuesday for an additional 90 days. <\/p>\n
In the meantime, Apple has shifted more production to India, prompting the country to overtake China as the leading exporter of smartphones to the U.S. last quarter. India saw a massive 240 percent increase in American smartphone shipments compared to the same time last year. <\/p>\n
However, the tariff situation continues to shift. As Trump\u2019s pause on \u201creciprocal\u201d tariffs was poised to expire Friday, he announced several new trade deals and tariff rates on dozens of countries. <\/p>\n
In early July, Trump said he reached a deal with Vietnam, in which U.S. goods would enter the country duty-free while Vietnamese imports would face a 20 percent tariff and shipments through Vietnam would face a higher 40 percent rate. <\/p>\n
He announced Thursday that India would face a 25 percent tariff, in addition to a penalty for buying military equipment and energy from Russia. <\/p>\n
While Apple grapples with an ever-changing tariff environment, it is also attempting to compete with other tech giants on artificial intelligence (AI), a space where it seems to have lagged behind. <\/p>\n
Cook said Thursday that the iPhone-maker plans to \u201csignificantly\u201d expand its investments in the technology, while also underscoring the company is \u201cvery open\u201d to mergers and acquisitions that \u201caccelerates our road map.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe see AI as one of the most profound technologies of our lifetime,\u201d he said on Thursday\u2019s earnings call. \u201cWe are embedding it across our devices and platforms and across the company. We are also significantly growing our investments.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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