Unless iPhones are manufactured in the United States, President Donald Trump vowed Friday to impose a 25% tariff on Apple products and a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union. The threats made on social media highlight Trump’s knack for upending the world economy with a quick typing session and the fact that his tariffs haven’t yet resulted in the trade agreements he wants or the return of home manufacturing that he said voters would happen.
According to the Republican president, he wants to impose greater import duties on products from the EU, a longstanding friend of the US, than from China, a geopolitical foe whose tariffs were lowered to 30% this month to allow for talks between Washington and Beijing. The failure of trade negotiations with the EU, which has suggested mutually reducing tariffs to zero despite Trump’s public insistence on maintaining a baseline 10% tax on most imports, infuriated him.
There is no progress in our conversations with them!” On Truth Social, Trump made a post. As a result, beginning on June 1, 2025, I am suggesting a flat 50% tariff on the European Union. A tariff does not apply if the product is manufactured or constructed in the United States. Prior to that article, Apple had been threatened with import charges for its intention to keep producing the iPhone in Asia. The White House is now targeting Apple in addition to Amazon, Walmart, and other significant US corporations as they attempt to address the uncertainties and inflationary pressures brought on by his tariffs.
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