Trump blows 100% fee on slides with exemptions for manufacturers in America

US President Donald Trump has announced that it will impose 100% customs on imports that include semiconductor chips, with the exception of companies transporting their production to the United States, during a joint announcement with the CEO of Apple Tim Cook for a new investment plan worth $ 100 billion from the Oval Office. “We will impose many large customs duties on chips and semi -conductors, but the good news of companies like Apple is that if you produce in the United States or unambiguously meet the production in America, you will not be imposed on you,” Trump told reporters. He added: “In other words, we will impose a 100% fees on chips and semi -conductors, but if you are produced in the United States, you will not be subject to fees. Even if you are still in the construction phase and have not yet started the production as long as there are no fees.” Apple Investments is expanding this announcement is a big win for Apple and Tim Cook, facing rising threats of customs duties, which would have increased the cost of the company’s production and its computers. The new Apple’s investment plan, which amounts to $ 100 billion, contains an US manufacturing program aimed at returning a larger portion of production to the United States. The company said its ‘American Manufacturing’ program partners such as ‘Corning’ Glass Industry Company, ‘Apple Blade Materes’, ‘Texas Interometts’ and others. Corning will allocate a full factory in Kentucky to produce glass used in Apple devices, which will increase its state workforce by 50%, according to what the iPhone philosophy manufacturer has announced. ‘Corning’ has been a ‘Apple’ supplier since the glass for the first iPhone was made in the same factory. The obligations are increasing amid the pressure of Trump’s fees. Apple has previously promised to spend $ 500 billion in the United States over the next four years, which is a slight acceleration compared to the previously announced investments and plans, and adds about $ 39 billion to expenses and $ 1,000 annually. The move will increase the total “Apple” commitment to $ 600 billion. The previously planned $ 500 billion is supposed to include the creation of a new server manufacturing facility in Houston, and an academy for providers in the state of Michigan, in addition to increasing spending on its current providers in the country. These promises come in light of Trump’s escalation of customs duties policy that will increase the cost of “Apple” through its global supply chains. In a related context, Trump aims to impose 50% fees on India, which is an important production market for “Apple”, and the first group of these fees will enter the implementation immediately after midnight, along with a set of fees for other countries aimed at reducing commercial imbalances. The second half of these drawings, devoted to India’s penalty for the purchase of energy from Russia, will be applied later this month. Trump threatens fees on all products that contain chips, so that the US president can announce separate customs duties on all products that contain semiconductor chips early next week. Cook, who attended the Trump inauguration and donated to the inauguration committee, repeatedly tried to get releases for customs for the iPhone phones made by his business. Most of the ‘iPhone’ sold in the United States comes from India, while most of other products, such as ‘Apple Watch’, ‘iPad’ and ‘McCcoc’, are manufactured in Vietnam, which has imposed the US administration 20%fees. Investment promises are rushing to the White House and Marlago that reflects Cook’s investment, dozens of pawns announced by companies since Trump’s victory in the presidential election for the year 2024, where the executive presidents flocked to the “Marlago” resort in Florida, to the White House after Trump’s inauguration, to announce new transactions. But many of these investments were already before the November election, or, according to Bloomberg, were previously one of the usual investment trends. Some economists also question whether all these promised expenses and their associated jobs will actually be achieved. Although Apple’s announced investments are large, they do not rise to the full shift to US production reaching Trump and senior officials in the White House. Earlier this year, Trump threatened to impose customary duties of at least 25% on Apple if you did not transfer the production of “iPhone” phones to the United States, a day after his meeting with Cook in the White House. Cook said in a call with analysts last week that “Apple” is trying to improve its supply chain, but eventually it would be “more” in the United States.