Apple’s technological giant will increase its planned investments in the United States by $ 100 billion, which will increase to 600 billion for four years, a senior white house said on Wednesday, confirming the press information. The official announcement must be made at 4:30 PM local (8:30 pm GMT) in the White House in the presence of Donald Trump.
According to Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, the announcement must focus on a new manufacturing program, to repatriate part of the supply chain in the US territory and, therefore, manufacture more components in the United States. The US president had threatened Apple to impose customs duties of at least 25% if the company did not relocate the manufacture of iPhone in the United States.
Donald Trump’s strategy “has allowed to guarantee billions of billions of investments,” said Taylor Rogers, spokesman for the US executive.
For Nancy Tengler, director of the Laffer Tengler investment company, Apple’s announcement is similar to a “Olivier branch” time of his boss Tim Cook, after Donald Trump criticized the company abundantly due to its iPhone production outside the United States.
Apple’s title was also pressed for the announcement of the White House in the New York Stock Exchange. Around 2:30 PM GMT, Apple’s action took 3.88% to 210.79 dollars.
The US president is based on protectionism to reindustrialize the United States.
But the pharaonic figures that stand out, for example, mentioned a total amount of $ 10,000 billion, are according to experts that are difficult to verify, because they mix concrete investment projects, advertisements that date back to their return to power and more or less vague long -term promises.
A survey by the Morning Consult/The Century Foundation published on July 31 shows that 83% of Americans are concerned about the price of food, and that 48% of them would have difficulty dealing with dealing with an unexpected expense of $ 500, such as a medical invoice or an urgent repair.
In the same opinion survey, 61% of those questioned judge that Donald Trump’s decisions had a negative impact on the cost of living, and 76% care about a possible recession.
Source: BFM TV
