Long before the coronavirus struck, Apple Inc.’s operations team began raising concerns about the technology giant’s dependency on China.
Some operations executives suggested as early as 2015 that the company relocate assembly of at least one product to Vietnam. That would allow Apple to begin the multiyear process of training workers and creating a new cluster of component providers outside the world’s most populous nation, people familiar with the discussions said.
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BS Apple could open a factory in America within 18 months Apple is afraid that China will cut off access to its market
What's that saying about chickens coming home to roost?
Well, now that china has shuttered out of fear, other countries are able to fill those gaps.
Bullshit make the factory in America where the founder case from
Bad bet
So? Thought China had it under control now?
Coronavirus will go over, apple will survive. wsj will go die, sickman. 👎
Or build them in America at the center of Chinese bought American startup cities
Typical American attitude promote democracy and massively invest and build factories where workers have no rights and are ruled by ruthless dictators
Mega liar
China again? ? There are so many countries in the world, you have no news to report except China?
viriyabot Cheap labor, provide no benefits, the rich get richer.
Give me my $25!
Oh you mean Tim Apple?
👍
Apple will die on the China sword.
The real reason why...
Apple and other companies should not continue ignoring Uyghurs , organ harvesting, HongKongProtests , and now the treatment of its own citizens during WuhanCoronavirus -
Chinese labor isn’t cheap anymore in contrast with Vietnam or other south East Asian countries. Maybe more so China has more skilled , qualified workers
Farsighted Apple saw China will be great again
It’s more than size, it’s work ethic as well.
Tim Cook looks just like Freddy Krueger.
coronaviPhone iPhone12 pro max plus virus 🦠
Solely relying on China to produce Apple products puts too much in one basket, as shown in this Wuhan virus outbreak. coronavirus
Too bad
All that cheap slave labor.. oh sorry labor camp labor doesn't hurt.
People need: food, shelter, healthcare, democracy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... new iPhone
the more the greedy, the more the loser.
Samsung electronics withdrew its phone factories from China years ago. What is Apple doing there when the nation is at a trade war with China?
Slumping iPhone sales because how ethically is cobalt mined?
Apple just suffered what it deserved! If it wants to avoid this, it can move its production to America!
Moral lesson to all those corporate governance who relocated to go cheaper, You wanted to exploit the destitute at the end of the world, DANCE NOW
His name is Tim Apple.
LetsBlameChina Let's blame China and see how much more that American customer happy to pay!
Attn: Foreign Investors Re: Six Flags China Pursuit of Happiness Expansions Automative Technologies
Odd considering Trump was against China. Everything with the trade war, Apple double downing in China, Trump giving concessions to Apple, is very odd and simply doesn’t add up. Do we have free markets for all Americans or just the establishment?
Well deserved.
Come back to California!
Looks like coronavirus is eventually going to hit everywhere, no matter where any company has their factories.
yeah Apple is the the only U.S company that relies on China. 🧐
Thirty years ago, Apple, IBM, HP and others were able to made their stuff in the USA. Why not now? It’s time to bring back home the manufacturing.
Trump partially saved Cook by asking him to bring jobs back to America. Cook / Apple have a lot more jobs to bring home.
Here we are TimCook a true American Proudly working with China Pompeo team and Navarro must be fuming!
Trump is going to squeeze them in to moving to India. Watch
decoupling far too late! Run, Apple, run!
The price isn’t competitive, but the technology is competitive. Keep technology to be NO.1.🦾🥇🙏🏻💰✌🏻👉🏻
USA!
All Greed do
People will be working from home $WORK
“Apple bet big on China as a manufacturing hub. After coronavirus, tariffs & slumping iPhone sales, it's facing a reckoning.” They gouged consumers on products & have a gazillion dollars in the bank - somewhere - offshore - where taxes don’t exists. No sympathy for Apple.
I think it's gonna be alright here They got about a trillion dollars
Every company should get out of there while they can. This type of thing keeps happening in China.
where the f*** is my new 2020 iPad Pro, Tim Cook Waiting...
smartphone tech has plateaued
now it hits everywhere...
How about India using this as an opportunity narendramodi rsprasad
Plus my iPhone 11 is a piece of crap
you don’t need mega fact. You can have multiple big fact. CHINER is not the only option.
Apple and tim_cook - you have immense resources to ThinkDifferent about supply chain. Why not put your factories on the USA?
“..... and.....bet everything on China. Then coronavirus hit.” You can write an article pretty much everyday. This is a great example of WSJ’s journalism.
Chinazi has no labor and employment regs or laws. Don’t criticize them however, it’s racist.
They call it diversification
I know a huge facilty available in CORINTH, NY...get ahold of Elise Stefanik or Jim Tedisco...anybody else would screw it up
This was all about reducing manufacturing costs and gaining access to the world’s largest market.
The companies know they can afford America. Even the rich.
So they'll keep a blind eye on the wrongfully imprisoned Uyghurs who're forced to work at their suppliers factories?
As you see the impact on more important things than phones, like Hospital equipment such as Ventilators impacted by this virus, it is really time to bring manufacturing home. Orders are 2-3 mos waiting time. This is gonna kill China dependent stores like Dollar tree and Walmart.
Apple is Crapple.
Well maybe out of supply shortage , they will go back to supporting older than 5th gen models now, duh?
Bet on the ChiComs — lose big.
Child labor?
I thought it was the exploitation of slave labor the Chinese are forcing to work?
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