Foxconn has enough capacity outside China to meet Apple’s US demand
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11 June 2019 - 20:30
Taipei — Foxconn, the world’s top contract electronics assembler, said on Tuesday it had enough capacity outside China to meet Apple’s demand in the American market if the need should arise for the iPhone maker to adjust its production lines due to the US-China trade war.
The comments come as US President Donald Trump has threatened to unlock further tariffs on $300bn worth of goods from China — where the bulk of Apple’s devices are assembled. The country is also a key market for the firm...
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