White House trade advisor Peter Navarro sharply criticized Apple CEO Tim Cook on Monday over the company’s ongoing reliance on China for iPhone production, intensifying pressure from the Trump administration for Apple to bring back manufacturing to the United States.
“Going back to the first Trump term, Tim Cook has continually asked for more time in order to move his factories out of China,” Navarro said during an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Monday.
“I mean it’s the longest-running soap opera in Silicon Valley.”
White House trade advisor Peter Navarro sharply criticized Apple CEO Tim Cook on Monday over the company’s ongoing reliance on China for iPhone production. REUTERS
Navarro said he struggled to understand why Apple hasn’t re-shored its manufacturing and shifted its complex supply chain back to the US.
“With all these new advanced manufacturing techniques and the way things are moving with AI and