Big Tech

Apple’s China Focus Thrusts It Into Center of Geopolitical Fight

  • The iPhone is in crosshairs of 10% tariffs on Chinese imports
  • China also is weighing a probe into company’s App Store fees
An Apple store in the Nanjing East Road shopping area during Lunar New Year holidays in Shanghai.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Apple Inc., which counts China as its biggest manufacturing hub and the US as its largest market, is now at the center of an escalating geopolitical fight that threatens to span tariffs and regulatory probes.