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<blockquote data-quote="Thebrownblob" data-source="post: 6103709" data-attributes="member: 60485">Honestly, I think this is why the China tariffs are on hold. “President Trump&#039;s <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-holds-back-retaliation-opts-strategic-messaging-through-white-paper-trade?ref=reallibertymedia.com" target="_blank">90-day pause</a> on his &quot;reciprocal&quot; tariffs for countries that did not retaliate—excluding China—has allowed Tim Cook&#039;s Apple to ramp up production of smartphones, tablets, and laptops in India and Vietnam.”Sources familiar with Apple&#039;s supply chains told <a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Apple-ramps-up-India-Vietnam-production-as-tariff-safe-harbors" target="_blank">Nikkei Asia</a> that top suppliers in India were instructed to ramp up iPhone production. Yet the people noted that factory utilization rates were already at maximum levels, making it challenging to bring on significant amounts of new production. [URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/apple-tells-india-vietnam-factories-ramp-iphone-output-during-trumps-90-day-trade-pause[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thebrownblob, post: 6103709, member: 60485"] Honestly, I think this is why the China tariffs are on hold. “President Trump's [URL='https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-holds-back-retaliation-opts-strategic-messaging-through-white-paper-trade?ref=reallibertymedia.com']90-day pause[/URL] on his "reciprocal" tariffs for countries that did not retaliate—excluding China—has allowed Tim Cook's Apple to ramp up production of smartphones, tablets, and laptops in India and Vietnam.” Sources familiar with Apple's supply chains told [URL='https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Apple-ramps-up-India-Vietnam-production-as-tariff-safe-harbors']Nikkei Asia[/URL] that top suppliers in India were instructed to ramp up iPhone production. Yet the people noted that factory utilization rates were already at maximum levels, making it challenging to bring on significant amounts of new production. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/apple-tells-india-vietnam-factories-ramp-iphone-output-during-trumps-90-day-trade-pause[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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