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Tim Cook calls border separations ‘inhumane’ as White House denies iPhone tariff exemption

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/tim-cook-donald-trump1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1000)</div><p>The New York Times published a profile of Tim Cook (https://9to5mac.com/2018/06/18/tim-cook-political-profile-china-trump/) and his increasing role as a statesman between President Trump and China over trade policy negotiations. The piece included reporting that cites a source saying the White House does not plan to tax imported iPhones assembled in China, but today a White House advisor has denied knowledge of such an exclusion.</p>
<p>Separately, Tim Cook has publicly spoken out against the administration’s immigration policy of separating families at the border — adding that Apple plans to be a “constructive voice” on the issue. The Irish Times reports (https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/apple-chief-tim-cook-condemns-inhumane-us-detention-of-children-1.3536224) that the Apple CEO made the comments during a public appearance overseas:</p>
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