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President Donald Trump says Apple CEO Tim Cook made a very compelling argument that tariffs on China will hamper Apples ability to compete with Samsung. The pair had dinner on Friday night at the presidents golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, and Trump described the conversation to reporters from publications including Bloomberg, CNBC, and Fox News on the way back to Washington. I had a very good meeting with Tim Cook, Trump said. I have a lot of respect for Tim Cook, and Tim was talking to me about tariffs. And one of the things, and he made a good case, is that Samsung is their number-one competitor, and Samsung is not paying tariffs because theyre based in South Korea. And its tough for Apple to pay tariffs if theyre competing with a very good company thats not. I said, How good a competitor? He said they are a very good competitor. So Samsung is not paying tariffs because theyre based in a different location, mostly South Korea but theyre based in South Korea. And I thought he made a very compelling argument, so Im thinking about it. |
So what does it mean? Apple going to 走后门，and exempt from trump Tariffs on China made iPhones?