President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 25% import tax on iPhones made outside the U.S. and called for a 50% tariff on all EU imports starting in June, pressuring Apple and escalating his broader trade stanc
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he had already told Apple CEO Tim Cook that iPhones sold in the U.S. must be built domestically.
“I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else,” Trump posted. “If that is not the case, a Tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the U.S.”
Trump’s message could mean higher iPhone prices for consumers and more pressure on Apple’s profit margins. The company joins Amazon, Walmart, and other corporate giants that have come under fire from Trump as he pushes for U.S.-based manufacturing and blames foreign supply chains for inflation.
Apple had begun shifting iPhone production to India in response to earlier tariffs on Chinese imports — a move that has frustrated Trump, who raised the issue again during his recent Middle East trip.
In the same post, Trump also recommended a 50% tariff on all imports from the European Union starting in June, escalating his trade stance ahead of the summer and potentially setting up a major economic clash with key allies.
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Kazakhstan says it has allocated $2.2 million to strengthen scientific monitoring of the Caspian Sea amid growing concern over falling water levels, biodiversity loss and rising industrial pressure on the world’s largest inland body of water.
Italy said a fond farewell to the Winter Olympics on Sunday with an open-air ceremony in the ancient Verona Arena that celebrated art and sporting achievement at a Games lauded as a model for how to stage such events.
The United States and Iran will hold a new round of nuclear negotiations in Geneva on Thursday as part of renewed diplomatic efforts to reach a potential agreement, Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi announced on Sunday.
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Mexican authorities said on Sunday that Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho and head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was killed during a military operation in the western state of Jalisco.
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Ukraine signalled its readiness for fast-track European Union membership in Kyiv on Tuesday (24 February), as European leaders pledged continued political and financial backing and insisted Russia would gain nothing at the negotiating table.
U.S. military forces have seized a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from Caribbean waters, the Pentagon said on Tuesday (24 February), adding that it was the third such operation.
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