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Trump’s Tariffs Expose Apple’s Blind Spot — One Google & Meta Already Fixed.
It’s not about where Apple makes things — it’s about who it’s aligned with and what markets it’s ignoring at any specific time.
Apple’s stock almost broke its 5-year record for the biggest drop in price in one day with a 7.5% decrease due to Trump’s recent round of tariffs, but this is a drop in the rain in comparison to the catastrophe that’s really going on.
It wasn’t just an upsetting day for Apple, the tech industry saw a $3.1T decrease in market value, with many brands seeing a double-digit decrease in their stock price.
And while Apple did announced that it would produce 20,000 manufacturing jobs In the U.S, there’s still lots of uncertainty on how much they will have to increase prices and how much will this lower the demand for their products.
Apple’s move was reactionary because as they couldn’t rely on past manufacturing partners like India, Vietnam and others to produce for them and…
