Why Apple is not in a hurry to set up iPhone production in the US

< IMG SRC = "/Uploads/Blogs/01/FB/IB-FRLP0N962_C486D091.jpg" Alt = "Why Apple is not in a hurry to adjust the iPhone production in the US"/> ~ ~ < P class = "" Data-Start = "0" Data-end = "247" > transferring iPhone production from China to the United States could be an example of Donald Trump's successful tariff policy. However, Apple, despite the promises to invest $ 500 billion in the US economy over the next four years, will not take this step.

< P class = "" Data-Start = "249" Data-end = "495" > The main reason & mdash; The unique production ecosystem that the company has built in China. Large partner factories, including Foxconn in Zhezhzhou, operate as separate cities with hundreds of thousands of workers and their own infrastructure & mdash; schools, hospitals and housing.

< P class = "" Data-Start = "497" Data-end = "975" > As explained by Apple Matthew Moore engineer, there is no city in the US that could focus fully on iPhone production. To do this, it would be necessary to mobilize the whole population of Boston, which is about 500 thousand people. In addition, China has a huge personnel reserve: millions of skilled workers capable of manual assembly and work with production equipment. In the US, however, there are not enough engineers and specialists to support such production.

< P class = "" Data-Start = "977" Data-End = "1138" > Back in 2017 CEO Apple Tim Cook emphasized that China's choice was not so much cheap labor, but the depth and quality of the engineering plant.