For years, iPhones (or their boxes) have said that they were "designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China." But thanks to an escalating trade war between the US and China, that might not be true in the coming years. Reuters reports that two of Apple's biggest manufacturing contractors, Foxconn and Pegatron, are working to expand their facilities in Mexico with an eye toward eventually building iPhones there.
[...] This isn't Foxconn's only effort to diversify away from China. Last year, Foxconn announced plans to begin manufacturing iPhones in India, and the company is now manufacturing the iPhone SE there.
Sources told Reuters that Taiwan-based iPhone contractor Pegatron is also considering a shift to Mexico, but few details about its plans are known.
Previously:
(2019-12-14) Exclusive: Documents Show Foxconn Refuses to Renegotiate Wisconsin Deal
(Score: 2) by evilcam on Wednesday August 26 2020, @03:08AM
Lefty bias showing here, but this presents a real increased exposure to risk for me personally if this goes ahead, insofar as the likelihood that I overdose on Schadenfreude...
Imagine the Donald learning that not only has his trade war with Xi failed but it's also delivered a boon for Mexico... That might be enough to give him a stroke.