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Trump threatens Apple with 25 percent tariffs

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President Trump threatened Apple with 25 percent tariffs if it does not move its manufacturing to the U.S., continuing his feud with Tim Cook.

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WMUR
Trump tariff threats on Europe and Apple send markets lower (opens WMUR)
Published May 22, 2025
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Markets react as Trump threatens 50% tariffs on the EU and a 25% tariff on Apple products
Blaze Media
Trump proposes slamming EU with YUGE tariffs to crush trade tyranny (opens Blaze Media)
Published May 22, 2025
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Trump says the EU has been ‘very difficult to deal with.’
The Guardian
Trump says he is hitting EU with 50% tariff as trade talks are ‘going nowhere’ (opens The Guardian)
Published May 22, 2025
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President says EU imports to US will be subject to levy from 1 June as markets slump in reaction to ‘major escalation’
The Economist
Trump threatens 50% tariffs. How might Europe strike back? (opens The Economist)
Published May 22, 2025
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America’s tech giants are a point of vulnerability | Finance & economics
ABC 11 Raleigh
Trump threatens Apple with a 25% tariff if they don't start manufacturing iPhones in the US (opens ABC 11 Raleigh)
Published May 22, 2025
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President Trump on Friday threatened a 50% tax on all imports from the EU and a 25% tariff on Apple products unless iPhones are made in America.
Fox2 Detroit
Trump wants a 25% tariff on iPhones unless they're made in US (opens Fox2 Detroit)
Published May 22, 2025
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President Trump wants a 25% tariff on iPhones unless Apple starts building them in the U.S., a move that could dramatically increase the price of iPhones. Samsung could also be hit with tariffs.
Newsweek
Trump launches huge new tariff threats, targets Apple iPhones: Live updates (opens Newsweek)
Published May 22, 2025
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Trump is threatening to impose a 25% tariff on Apple products, unless they begin manufacturing iPhones in the U.S. Follow Newsweek
FOX 5 DC
Trump calls for 50% tariff on EU imports starting June 1 (opens FOX 5 DC)
Published May 22, 2025
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President Trump called for a “straight 50%" tariff on all imports from the European Union after complaining on social media that trade talks are “going nowhere."
WDIO Duluth
Trump threatens 25% import tax on Apple unless iPhones are made in the US (opens WDIO Duluth)
Published May 22, 2025
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President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to put a 25% tariff on Apple products unless iPhones are manufactured in the United States. The threat delivered over social media could dramatically increase the price of iPhones, potentially hurting sales and the profits of one of America’s leading techn…
ABC 7 Chicago
Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on Apple as his trade war intensifies (opens ABC 7 Chicago)
Published May 22, 2025
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President Trump on Friday threatened a 50% tax on all imports from the EU and a 25% tariff on Apple products unless iPhones are made in America.
NBC News
Trump threatens 25% tariff on Apple if it does not start making iPhones in America (opens NBC News)
Published May 22, 2025
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President Donald Trump has threatened Apple with a 25% tariff if it does not start producing iPhones in the U.S., his latest salvo directly targeting a U.S. company over how it conducts its business.
Newsweek
Donald Trump threatens Apple with 25% tariff (opens Newsweek)
Published May 22, 2025
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President Donald Trump has said he expects iPhones sold in the U.S. to be "manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or any place else."
Investopedia
Trump Wants Apple's iPhones Made in the U.S. Wedbush Says That's a ‘Fairy Tale' (opens Investopedia)
Published May 22, 2025
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Apple bull Dan Ives of Wedbush says there’s “no chance” the company shifts manufacturing to the U.S., even as President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a tariff of 25% or more on iPhones made internationally and sold here.
NPR
Trump threatens steep tariffs on trade with the European Union -- and on iPhones (opens NPR)
Published May 22, 2025
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Trump said on social media that he had recommended 50% tariffs on European Union products starting June 1 — and warned Apple's CEO to move manufacturing of iPhones to the United States.
Al Jazeera
Trump threatens EU with 50-percent tariffs on all imports (opens Al Jazeera)
Published May 22, 2025
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President Donald Trump also threatened a 25-percent tariff on Apple products unless iPhones are made in the US.
NBC 6 South Florida
How big European Union tariff could backfire on Trump, according to trade, freight experts (opens NBC 6 South Florida)
Published May 22, 2025
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President Trump’s threat of 50% European Union tariffs could make U.S. manufacturing even more difficult as it raises the price of key industrial imports.
BGR
Trump threatens Apple with 25% tariffs on iPhones sold in the US but built elsewhere (opens BGR)
Published May 22, 2025
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President Donald Trump wants Apple to build iPhones in the US, no matter what, as it threats 25% tariffs on devices not built in the country.
WTOP Washington DC
Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on smart phones as his trade war intensifies (opens WTOP Washington DC)
Published May 22, 2025
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union as well a 25% tariff on smartphones unless those…
WMUR
Trump threatens 50% tariff on EU goods amid trade tensions (opens WMUR)
Published May 22, 2025
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President Trump threatens a 50% tariff on European Union goods, citing stalled trade negotiations
Engadget
Trump threatens 25 percent tariff on iPhones manufactured overseas (opens Engadget)
Published May 22, 2025
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President Donald Trump is threatening 25% tariffs on US bound iPhones if Apple does not manufacture them domestically.
WHDH Boston
Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on smart phones as trade war intensifies - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)
Published May 22, 2025
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union as well a 25% tariff on smart phones
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Trump fires new 50% tariff threat at EU, targets smartphones (opens Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Published May 22, 2025
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US President Donald Trump rekindled his trade war with the European Union on Friday by threatening 50 percent tariffs, as Brussels reacted with a call for "respect."
MyNorthwest
Apple has had few incentives in the past to start making iPhones in US (opens MyNorthwest)
Published May 22, 2025
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Unhappy that Apple intends to source nearly all of its U.S. iPhones from India, President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 25% tariff
The New Republic
Trump Drops Another Tariffs Bombshell to Begin in Matter of Days (opens The New Republic)
Published May 22, 2025
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Donald Trump is threatening the European Union with a level of tariffs that will have extreme consequences.
Newsweek
Trump will impose 50% tariff on EU as talks break down (opens Newsweek)
Published May 22, 2025
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President Donald Trump announced the new tariff on Truth Social.

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