Trump Says Apple Shifting to US Plants, With Specifics Unclear
- President says tariff threat prompted move from planned plants
- Cook, Trump held private meeting Thursday at the White House
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President Donald Trump told a gathering of governors that Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook plans to shift manufacturing from Mexico to the US, a move that the iPhone maker hasn’t publicly discussed.
Cook “stopped two plants in Mexico” and will build products in the US instead, Trump said on Friday, describing a meeting with the CEO at the White House the prior day. The president also said that Cook promised hundreds of millions of dollars in US investment.