Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTrump says a 25% tariff "must be paid by Apple" on iPhones not made in the US, says he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the USprogramming.devimagemessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1433file-text
arrow-up1433imageTrump says a 25% tariff "must be paid by Apple" on iPhones not made in the US, says he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the USprogramming.devPro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square126fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 day agoWe don’t even have silicon availability. I don’t mean chips or printed boards, I mean processed quarts crushed into powder. We would have to start opening strip mines and building massive furnaces and crushers and expanding railways. It’s just not feasible.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoBut we can just import some of the things we need as we build up the more valuable end of supply chains. I’m sure they’ve thought of that and there are no tariffs impeding those prerequisites, right? Right?
We don’t even have silicon availability. I don’t mean chips or printed boards, I mean processed quarts crushed into powder.
We would have to start opening strip mines and building massive furnaces and crushers and expanding railways. It’s just not feasible.
But we can just import some of the things we need as we build up the more valuable end of supply chains. I’m sure they’ve thought of that and there are no tariffs impeding those prerequisites, right? Right?