iPhones sold in US to no longer come from China in wake of Trump's tariffs

Most US-sold iPhones will instead come from India, while iPads will be produced in Vietnam.

This decision comes in the wake of Donald Trump’s decision to slap China with tariffs as high as 245% on some exports.

Unveiling its financial results from January to March, the tech giant said it has been spared the worst of the effects of Trump’s tariffs so far.

Despite this, the company’s CEO, Tim Cook, has warned tariffs could add £677m to its costs in the coming months.

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Earnings were higher than expected, at £18.6 billion, while revenue for the first three months of the year came in at £71.8 billion.

Fears of skyrocketing prices caused by tariffs saw Americans go out in their droves to buy iPhones ahead of projected price hikes.

Despite these positive results for Apple, the real effect of Trump’s tariffs won’t become clear until the company reveals its financial results from April to June.

Apple’s decision to move manufacturing to India may cause pause in the Trump administration, which claims the entire point of his tariff war was to bring jobs back to the United States.

This comes after the European Commission fined Apple 500 million euros (£428.5 million) and Meta 200 million euros (£171.4 million) for breaches of the EU’s digital competition rules.

Apple’s fine is for preventing app developers from pointing users to cheaper options outside the App Store.

Meta was fined for forcing Facebook and Instagram users in the EU to choose between seeing adverts or paying a subscription.

The social media giant’s model of asking users to consent between having their personal data used for personalised advertising or paying for an ad-free service was not compliant with the rules, the commission said.

The commission said the firms breached the Digital Markets Act (DMA), EU rules designed to stop the biggest tech firms from dominating digital markets and to give consumers and business more choice.

Teresa Ribera, the commission’s executive vice-president for clean, just and competitive transition, said: “Apple and Meta have fallen short of compliance with the DMA by implementing measures that reinforce the dependence of business users and consumers on their platforms.

“As a result, we have taken firm but balanced enforcement action against both companies, based on clear and predictable rules. All companies operating in the EU must follow our laws and respect European values."