The Trump administration doesn’t want to “harm Apple” with tariffs on iPhones made outside the United States, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Tuesday, despite President Donald Trump’s comments over the weekend that a 25% tariff could be levied against the devices.
“Everybody is trying to make it seem like it’s a catastrophe if there’s a tiny little tariff on them right now, to try to negotiate down the tariffs,” Hassett said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Tuesday. “In the end, we’ll see what happens. We’ll see what the update is, but we don’t want to harm Apple.”
Trump posted on social media Sunday that he informed Apple CEO “long ago” that he expected that the iPhones sold in the United States “will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else. If that is not the case, a Tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the U.S. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
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