TAIPEI — When Apple faced the prospect of U.S. tariffs as high as 145% on its Chinese-made devices, its first response was not to rush production home but to quickly double down on Southeast Asia and India.
This has included helping suppliers in India buy equipment to boost iPhone production, telling suppliers that the majority of U.S.-bound iPhones, MacBooks and iPads need to be made in India and Vietnam, and rushing more component production to Thailand, Nikkei Asia first reported in mid-April.
