Tim Cook & President Trump met for dinner yesterday, tariffs a likely topic of conversation

9 to 5 Mac ^ | August 11, 2018 | Chance Miller

[2ndDivisionVet]

Apple CEO Tim Cook and President Donald Trump met for dinner last night, according to a tweet from the president. While details of the meeting are unclear at this point, it’s likely that tariffs were a central point of conversation…

In a tweet ahead of the dinner last night, Trump explained that he was “looking forward” to the meeting, touting that Apple is investing “big dollars” into the United States. Reuters reports:

“Looking forward to dinner tonight with Tim Cook of Apple. He is investing big dollars in U.S.A.,” said Trump, who is on vacation at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

While details of what was discussed at the meeting last night are unclear at this point, it’s likely that the central topic of conversation was trade.

During Apple’s earnings call last week, Cook warned of the effects of tariffs, saying that they often bring about “significant risk” of unintended consequences. At the time, Cook said that Apple was “evaluating” the latest round of U.S. tariffs and would share its findings with the Trump Administration.

Later, in an SEC filing, Apple warned that tariffs would increase the cost of its products, the components that go into making them, and raw materials. This, Apple argued, would make its products more expensive to consumers, thus making them less competitive and affecting consumer demand.

A New York Times piece back in June said that the White House had promised Cook that the iPhone would go unaffected by any tariffs. The Trump Administration, however, later denied such an exemption:

White House trade advisor Peter Navarro said Tuesday he has no knowledge of an exemption for Apple’s iPhones in U.S. trade talks with China.

Currently, the Apple product most likely to be affected by tariffs is the Apple Watch – which could face an import tariff higher than 10 percent. We’ll be sure to update if more details of Cook and Trump’s latest meeting emerge.

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[2ndDivisionVet]

More winning.

[VanDeKoik]

“Later, in an SEC filing, Apple warned that tariffs would increase the cost of its products, the components that go into making them, and raw materials. This, Apple argued, would make its products more expensive to consumers, thus making them less competitive and affecting consumer demand. “

Sorry, Tim. I removed the “ability to give a damn” app from my app store because you “offend” me.

[ConservativeMind]

Apple isn’t a US company, anyway.

Screw them.

[ConservativeMind]

All profits are held in other countries and even in “no man’s land.”

https://itep.org/fact-sheet-apple-and-tax-avoidance/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/world/apple-taxes-jersey.html

Pass your US-earned money through Ireland, The Bahamas, and Grand Cayman and suddenly no taxes are paid. This happens when you are not a US company.

[Liz]

I removed the “ability to give a damn” app from my app store.

LOL....good one.

[Westbrook]

Apple Crapple.

Not a fan of Timmy Cooke or his crap.

[central_va]

Apple warned that tariffs would increase the cost of its products, the components that go into making them, and raw materials. This, Apple argued, would make its products more expensive to consumers, thus making them less competitive and affecting consumer demand.

That's the whole point of a tariff you globalist Free Traitor™ hack. That and revenue generation. Tariffs are the only way to get you to on shore production back to the USA. Everything else is just BS.

PS: Tell your ChiCom handlers to drop their tariffs.

[junta]

The markup on icrap is immense

[Deplorable American1776]

Apple, if you make products in the USA, maybe you could make money...without the added tariffs!