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Apple CEO: Globalization 'in general is great for the world'
The Hill ^ | March 18, 2017 | Nikita Vladimirov

Posted on 03/18/2017 4:39:05 PM PDT by jazusamo

Apple CEO Tim Cook defended globalization on Saturday, arguing that it is generally "great for the world."

During a public speech in China, Cook reportedly warned world leaders against abandoning globalization even though gains are not equally distributed within nations.

“I think the worst thing would be to—because it didn’t help everyone—is to say it’s bad and do less of that,” Cook said during his speech at an annual conference sponsored by the Chinese government, The Wall Street Journal reported.

“I think the reality is you can see that countries in the world … that isolate themselves, it’s not good for their people,” he added.

President Trump's active defense of domestic industries has often been viewed in sharp contrast with free trade and globalization.

The commander in chief has insisted that he favors "fair" trade that benefits the U.S. and that he simply wants to bring jobs back to the country.

According to the Journal, Cook's comments on Saturday were broad and did not directly address Trump's call for Apple to bring employment back to the U.S.

The Apple CEO also commented on data privacy, stating that it remains one of the company's core values.

“We think that an individual should own their data and should be able to control their data,” Cook said, according to the newspaper.

His comments come in the wake of a controversial Chinese law that requires companies to help authorities decrypt information during various investigations.

The Journal said that Cook's speech was part of a broader "charm offensive" in China, where his company has announced a pair of new research facilities.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: apple; globalization; timcook; trump
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Globalist Cook better put his crack pipe down, he puts dollar signs over the good of our nation.
1 posted on 03/18/2017 4:39:06 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

The primary goal of US policy should be to keep any group of individuals, who want to put America under a Caliphate, out of this country. Or what is happening to Eurpoe right now will happen to us.


2 posted on 03/18/2017 4:46:16 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: jazusamo

lol

So says the guy who is basically raping Chinese laborers so he can become a billionaire.


3 posted on 03/18/2017 4:47:08 PM PDT by KyCats
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Tim Cook arrives in China to mnake a speech. He is met by a low-level Chinese functionary...

"Here is your speech Mr Cook."

4 posted on 03/18/2017 4:49:18 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: mrsmith

I think you nailed it.


5 posted on 03/18/2017 4:54:32 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo

Great for the world , doesn’t mean great for the US. It’ s a socialist scheme to control the masses and keep the money in a few hands. It’s a totally corrupt idea, which can only be accomplished with communist govt. It is a total lack of freedom. That’s the only way it can work.


6 posted on 03/18/2017 4:55:12 PM PDT by Carry me back (Cut the feds by 90%)
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To: jazusamo

Yes Timmy, we know having 700,000 slave laborers at Foxconn have been good for you.

Not so great for the rest of us.

Which is the real reason Globalism sux: it puts enormous amounts of cash in the pockets of a few, at the expense of many.

Timmy for Prison. He’s from the South, just another Plantation owner trying to justify his slaves.


7 posted on 03/18/2017 5:05:20 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: jazusamo

He’s just like all liberals, especially of the limousine persuasion. He loves humanity. It’s people he can’t stand.


8 posted on 03/18/2017 5:30:33 PM PDT by stevem
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To: jazusamo

AND being an uber left wing f...t.


9 posted on 03/18/2017 5:30:54 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: jazusamo

He is a homosexual. Is that pertinent here? Honestly.


10 posted on 03/18/2017 5:34:22 PM PDT by Fungi (Five genera of fungi are responsible for 90% of all inhaled fungi. Breathing is not healthy.)
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Where’s the guy whose constantly pushing the Apple phones on this site?


11 posted on 03/18/2017 5:34:55 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: jazusamo

“Globalization” is code for centralization of global power into the hands of billionaire elitists and their technocrat drones.


12 posted on 03/18/2017 5:36:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
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Where’s the guy whose constantly pushing the Apple phones on this site?

Rush Limbaugh?

13 posted on 03/18/2017 5:37:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
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lol....No, not johnny come lately el rushbo...☺
14 posted on 03/18/2017 5:39:04 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: jazusamo

Time to move on Mr. Cook ... take your winnings and leave.


15 posted on 03/18/2017 5:46:53 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: jazusamo

How many refugees are living with Tim?


16 posted on 03/18/2017 5:50:10 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: jazusamo

Actually Tim, it is one of the worst things in the world, ever.


17 posted on 03/18/2017 5:50:19 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: jazusamo

Says the monopolist.


18 posted on 03/18/2017 5:55:11 PM PDT by Obadiah (Democrats continue their crusade against normal.)
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To: jazusamo
I have two words for Cook: American Exceptionalism

We are not willing to surrender our sovereignty
We are not willing to bend to a foreign army
We are not willing to accept foreign rule
And we will not be reduced to a single shackled voice in a sea of billions

We are the helping hand in a world where tribal homicide is eternal.
We are the inventors, the innovators, the providers, the explorers.
We are endowed by our Creator with inalienable rights.
We are free.
We are The Deplorables
And we will defend our God and our Country and our Freedom
and we will keep our American Exceptionalism.

19 posted on 03/18/2017 5:55:49 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: <1/1,000,000th%

That is an great question. I’d guess like 0bama, 0. lol


20 posted on 03/18/2017 5:58:40 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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