{"id":10479,"date":"2025-05-22T04:23:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T08:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/05\/22\/trumps-apple-threat-complicates-indias-tariff-negotiations\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T04:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T08:23:37","slug":"trumps-apple-threat-complicates-indias-tariff-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/05\/22\/trumps-apple-threat-complicates-indias-tariff-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Apple Threat Complicates India\u2019s Tariff Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even after President Trump hit it with a 26 percent tariff, India had reason to be hopeful about trade negotiations with the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">China was facing even higher import taxes. So were smaller Asian countries whose exports compete with India, like Vietnam and Bangladesh. That positioned India to use the trade war to advance its goal of luring the business that was expected to flee its giant neighbor. Plus, India\u2019s prime minister, Narendra Modi, had a cozy relationship with Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Things are looking tougher for India now, and for its American business partners. Mr. Trump has changed up his tactics with China, backing off his highest tariffs. That wrong-footed India, which now faces tariffs not much lower than China\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Then he threw a wrench into India\u2019s relationship with Apple, the single most striking example of an American company that reoriented its production away from Chinese suppliers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A few years ago, nearly every iPhone was assembled in China. By the end of this year, an estimated 25 percent or more will be made in India. Last week, Mr. Trump revealed that he does not see that as progress: He said Apple\u2019s production should skip India and move to the United States instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">India is working to secure a reduction in the 26 percent tariff, which Mr. Trump paused until early July to give the countries time to talk. Officials in New Delhi are not entirely sure what to make of Mr. Trump\u2019s remarks about Apple. 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China was facing even higher import taxes. So were smaller Asian countries whose exports compete with India, like Vietnam and Bangladesh. 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