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Apple CEO Tim Cook 'Proud' to Build New Mac Pro in Texas
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I feel like this will be the last Mac Pro. Watch it not be updated in years and Apple dropping it because demand is weak.
As others have said, it's a PR stunt. But it's worked in Apple's favor. Tim Apple knows how to play the game. Apple has repeatedly been given exemptions from the tariffs.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-gr...s-from-tariffs-on-chinese-imports-11569018993
U.S. Grants Apple 10 Exemptions from Tariffs on Chinese Imports
Sept. 20, 2019
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration has given Apple Inc. AAPL -1.16% a reprieve from tariffs on 10 items, including a power supply and a logic board, that are imported from China.
They were among the $200 billion worth of Chinese imports first targeted for tariffs in September 2018.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Friday granted Apple exemptions on its Magic Mouse 2, Magic Trackpad 2 and various internal components. The exclusions cover a time period from September 2018 to August 2020, and the U.S. will refund tariffs already paid.
And they might get them again.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ld-be-exempt-from-china-tariffs-idUSKBN1XU2SN
Trump considering whether Apple should be exempt from China tariffs
November 20, 2019
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday after touring a plant that assembles Apple Inc. computers that he was considering whether to exempt the U.S. company from tariffs on imports from China.
“We’re looking at that,” Trump said in answer to a reporter’s question about the tariffs, after touring a plant in Austin, Texas, with Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook that assembles the company’s Mac Pro desktop computers.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-gr...s-from-tariffs-on-chinese-imports-11569018993
U.S. Grants Apple 10 Exemptions from Tariffs on Chinese Imports
Sept. 20, 2019
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration has given Apple Inc. AAPL -1.16% a reprieve from tariffs on 10 items, including a power supply and a logic board, that are imported from China.
They were among the $200 billion worth of Chinese imports first targeted for tariffs in September 2018.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Friday granted Apple exemptions on its Magic Mouse 2, Magic Trackpad 2 and various internal components. The exclusions cover a time period from September 2018 to August 2020, and the U.S. will refund tariffs already paid.
And they might get them again.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ld-be-exempt-from-china-tariffs-idUSKBN1XU2SN
Trump considering whether Apple should be exempt from China tariffs
November 20, 2019
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday after touring a plant that assembles Apple Inc. computers that he was considering whether to exempt the U.S. company from tariffs on imports from China.
“We’re looking at that,” Trump said in answer to a reporter’s question about the tariffs, after touring a plant in Austin, Texas, with Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook that assembles the company’s Mac Pro desktop computers.
It took a second look after reading your post to realize the lady's is definitely shopped. A third look at it I have to assume his is as well.
Hate? No, as a person I love the guy. It's just that he's doing a lousy job as CEO of my favorite company.
It's a screenshot of ABC News video that's linked to in the 1st paragraph.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/tim-cook-talks-vision-apple-breaks-ground-facility/story?id=67165042
Nice gesture, PR move or not however the studies have been done and it's proven that Apple cannot make a profit if they move all manufacturing out of China.
I have to agree. But maybe it's just a policy to quickly identify Apple employees from contract workers, builders, etc?
It’s really great Apple is assembling the Mac Pro in the USA. I like buying products that support jobs that pay a livable wage. I think the sewer must be backed up though because there are some orange turds floating around in here. Anyone have a peach we can plug it up with?
How does it feel to be totally wrong? ?
But on topic, I'm not sure how I feel about this. I'm not convinced assembly needs to be done in North America unless it can be properly automated.
This would never have happened unless it wasn't for the Trump tax cuts.
The iPhone will never be produced in the US but the Mac Pro is a good gesture on behalf of Apple. Of course, they gain a lot more than they lose (profitability) in boosting their brand for doing this.
The iPhone will never be produced in the US but the Mac Pro is a good gesture on behalf of Apple. Of course, they gain a lot more than they lose (profitability) in boosting their brand for doing this.
I like Apple but I don’t like trump. It’s a aPR stunt.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/20/20974999/trump-is-lying-about-the-new-apple-factory
https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/20/20974999/trump-is-lying-about-the-new-apple-factory
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All you've done is highlight your ignorance with respect to construction PPE. Well done.
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All you've done is highlight your ignorance with respect to construction PPE. Well done.
I hope with this new facility Apple will do what many car companies do in modern facilities ... make production modular. Allow the production line to be changed/adaptable.
This isn’t a new plant. mac pros were assembles in Texas since 2013.I'm really happy to see some traction on USA side of manufacturing for
I don't see how this can be spun as a bad thing, but I'm sure I'll find out
They can build it in Texas because pros will pay more for it. The price hike for an American-made iPhone would be too much for the average user.
It’s good you point this out, but I wonder if it matters anymore?
The left will say it’s just a new building for something Apple has been doing since 2013 and it won’t create new blue collar jobs. It’s all PR.
The right will say Trump himself moved Apple production back to the US creating 12 million new jobs. And he invented the Mac Pro.
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The components are made in many corners of the globe. The glass is made in Kentucky, for example. All those components are assembled in China.
We can debate all day whether or not it’s a good thing they’re assembled in China, but that’s very different from making every single part in China.
I don’t know, Steve has met with presidents before.
Incorrect. Pride can be inwardly or outwardly directed. It is not uncommon for one to take pride in the qualities of another person when you admire and relate to such qualities, especially in a case like this where I assume Bryan supported this person despite overwhelming cultural pressure to do otherwise.
Now, to reduce the meaning of Bryan's post to a strict literal interpretation - being proud of "someone visiting a factory" - is either disingenuous or obtuse. I'm not sure which is worse, but clearly Bryan is proud of something greater that this event represents. It is not difficult to put together that he is proud that the president he supported made this happen.
I don't like Trump, but if you are a citizen of the United States, then he is our president. "Not my president" was a foolish thing to say when Republicans said it about Obama and it is a foolish thing to say about Trump. If you really believe it then I wonder what other forms of self-deceit you indulge in.
We’re proud of you Tim!
Apple is the biggest investor in American people, and always will be. Every dollar you spend on Apple products and services helps grow that investment.
Apple is the biggest investor in American people, and always will be. Every dollar you spend on Apple products and services helps grow that investment.
Where does he say he is proud anything is built in Texas? He says he is proud it’s built in the USA. Just because it’s built in the Texas does not mean he is proud of that specific part.
Everyone on their high horse saying "it's a PR stunt"…
NO KIDDING!!
Hell, a tower configuration for $6000 is a stunt anymore. Of course it is. Optics matter. Getting tariffs dropped on iPhone parts will more than cover the losses generated out of this plant.
Is it all calculated? By golly, yes.
Tim Apple is playing the game, and winning. Anyone complaining about the PR stunt... all PR is a stunt. That's why it's PR. Tim should be getting *credit* for playing the Trump administration like a fiddle.
I'm not a Tim fan... I think he's laid some turds. But the 16" is out and it wasn't afraid to go back to tried & true (Kuo whiff, again), and he's beating the US government at the China game. 2019 has finally been a good one for Tim... his moment is going to be in 2022, when the AR game is won and lost.
NO KIDDING!!
Hell, a tower configuration for $6000 is a stunt anymore. Of course it is. Optics matter. Getting tariffs dropped on iPhone parts will more than cover the losses generated out of this plant.
Is it all calculated? By golly, yes.
Tim Apple is playing the game, and winning. Anyone complaining about the PR stunt... all PR is a stunt. That's why it's PR. Tim should be getting *credit* for playing the Trump administration like a fiddle.
I'm not a Tim fan... I think he's laid some turds. But the 16" is out and it wasn't afraid to go back to tried & true (Kuo whiff, again), and he's beating the US government at the China game. 2019 has finally been a good one for Tim... his moment is going to be in 2022, when the AR game is won and lost.
Tim, I think many people are starting to realize that China is an enemy of freedom. Do the world a favor and get out from under the CCP. In the very least, practice what you preach.
