In a letter from apple to the U.S. trade representative published on June 20, apple urged the White House to give up raising tariffs of up to 25% to China. The proposed tariffs will cover major products such as iPhone, which may lead to the price increase of iPhone, weaken Apple's competitiveness, make the competitive environment tend to competitors, and cause a disastrous blow to it. Apple said that Chinese competitors such as Huawei have no important presence in the U.S. market and will not be affected by U.S. tariffs.
Reuters said that a website of a U.S. government department disclosed Apple's comments on the possibility that the U.S. government may impose tariffs on a wider range of Chinese products on Thursday (20). Apple's attitude is that the US government should not do so. Reuters said that Apple became the latest in a series of large American enterprises opposed to the United States imposing more tariffs on Chinese products.
Reuters said that apple is the U.S. enterprise that pays the most taxes to the U.S. Treasury Department. In 2018, the company promised to invest $350 billion in the U.S. economy within five years. Apple believes that more tariffs on China will benefit its global competitors.
Like Samsung. The article entitled "Apple's efforts to exclude the iPhone from Trump's tariff list" in the US politician magazine on the 20th mentioned that if trump imposed tariffs on Apple's products produced in China, it would be very disadvantageous to Samsung in the Chinese market, which no longer produces smartphones in China.
The article said that Apple's new statement was actually completed through a written statement, which was only made public on the 20th. Its core meaning is to warn the trump government not to tax iPhone, Apple laptop and other products, otherwise Apple will be very unfavorable both in the domestic and international markets. In particular, it reminds the U.S. government that Apple needs to be responsible for its 2 million jobs in the United States.
The politician said that if Apple could not be exempted, the new tariff would seriously hit Apple's flagship iPhone, which accounted for more than 60% of Apple's sales in the previous fiscal year.
The politician also disclosed that Apple CEO cook had made direct contact with trump for the trade war. Last week, he was secretly invited to the White House for talks with trump and his aides. In an interview with CBS this month, Cook said he was glad to communicate directly with trump, 'we had a very frank discussion & hellip& hellip; He listened to our advice and I appreciate it '.
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A number of us enterprises oppose the US imposition of tariffs on China
In recent days, a number of local American enterprises and business groups have submitted written comments to the U.S. trade representative office, asking the U.S. government to give up a new round of tariffs on China and end the trade war as soon as possible.
The Wall Street Journal reported on the 17th that the office of the U.S. trade representative has received more than 1200 written comments from local U.S. enterprises, asking the United States to abandon the new round of tariffs on China's products of about $300 billion, believing that the new tariffs will greatly increase the harm already suffered by U.S. consumers, workers and enterprises.
In an interview with CCTV reporters, these American enterprises also pointed out that over the years, they have established an efficient and stable supply chain in China. If the supply chain is transferred to other countries, the product quality, production capacity and cost performance can not maintain the original level, and it is even more infeasible to move back to the United States for production.
The American Chamber of Commerce urged the government to end the trade war
The Financial Times reported on the 17th that the American Chamber of Commerce, the most influential business group in Washington, D.C., requested the United States to withdraw its previous tariff increase measures and return to the track of negotiations with China in a document submitted to the office of the U.S. trade representative. The document points out that the unilateral tariff strategy has no successful record in history, and the imposition of tariffs by the United States on China may cost the U.S. economy $1 trillion in the next 10 years.
On the 17th, the US consumer news and business channel quoted data released by the US National Federation of retailers as saying that the new tariff imposed by the US government on China will make us consumers spend an additional $4.4 billion a year on clothing; The cost of buying shoes will cost an additional $2.5 billion a year; The cost of buying home appliances will cost an additional $1.6 billion a year.