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Freeman [soylentnews.org] writes:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/china-trade-war-could-push-iphone-contractor-foxconn-to-build-in-mexico/ [arstechnica.com]

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 [reuters.com] 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.
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This isn't Foxconn's only effort to diversify away from China. Last year, Foxconn announced plans [arstechnica.com] to begin manufacturing iPhones in India, and the company is now manufacturing the iPhone SE [ndtv.com] 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.

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