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.
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.
lol
So says the guy who is basically raping Chinese laborers so he can become a billionaire.
"Here is your speech Mr Cook."
I think you nailed it.
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.
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.
He’s just like all liberals, especially of the limousine persuasion. He loves humanity. It’s people he can’t stand.
AND being an uber left wing f...t.
He is a homosexual. Is that pertinent here? Honestly.
Where’s the guy whose constantly pushing the Apple phones on this site?
“Globalization” is code for centralization of global power into the hands of billionaire elitists and their technocrat drones.
Rush Limbaugh?
Time to move on Mr. Cook ... take your winnings and leave.
How many refugees are living with Tim?
Actually Tim, it is one of the worst things in the world, ever.
Says the monopolist.
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.
That is an great question. I’d guess like 0bama, 0. lol
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