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Apple said to be flying iPhones from India to US to avoid Trump tariffs


Tech firm has reportedly flown 600 tonnes of handsets from Indian factories as Chinese goods face huge tariffs

Apple is reportedly chartering cargo flights to ferry iPhones from its Indian manufacturing plants to the US in an attempt to beat Donald Trump’s tariffs. The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Apple planned to send more iPhones to the US from India as a “short-term stopgap” while the company attempted to secure an exemption from the China tariffs. “If consumers want a $3,500 iPhone we should make them in New Jersey or Texas or another state,” said Dan Ives, a Wedbush analyst, in a note to investors this week.

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