Former Apple engineer on why iPhones cannot be made in the US<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>Trump’s rationale for <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/14/three-reasons-apple-tariffs-absolutely-wont-be-reapplied/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">his threatened tariffs[/url] is to force companies to manufacture in the US. He’s cited the example of <a href="
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https://9to5mac.com/guides/iphone-16/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iPhones[/url] in the US, and even recently claimed that the company plans to do so.</p>
<p>Apple has explained many times why it simply wouldn’t be practical to do this, with CEO Tim Cook doing so <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2015/12/20/apple-60-minutes-special/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a full decade ago[/url]. Analysts, supply-chain experts, and a former Apple engineer have all added their weight to the view that it simply isn’t possible, and wouldn’t help even if it were … </p>
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Former Apple engineer on why iPhones cannot be made in the US
