Headline Roundup • September 23rd, 2019
Apple's Mac Pro Production Will Remain in U.S. After Tariff Exemptions
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Apple will continue to manufacture its Mac Pro computer in Austin, Texas, the company announced today, just days after the Trump administration granted the company tariff exemptions for Mac Pro components made in China.
The U.S. Trade Representative last week granted 10 of the 15 exemptions that Apple requested, Bloomberg reported. Apple CEO Tim Cook today credited the Trump administration for the company’s decision to keep assembling the Mac Pro in Texas.
“We thank the administration for their support enabling this opportunity,” Cook said in a statement.
In June, media...
Wall Street Journal (News)
Apple Inc. AAPL 0.45% said it is keeping production of its new Mac Pro in Texas, reversing earlier plans to shift assembly of the computer to China.
The decision follows the Trump administration’s move last week to grant tariff exemptions on 10 items Apple imports from China. The exclusions for components, including a power supply and a logic board, cover a period from September of last year to August 2020, and the U.S. will refund tariffs already paid.
The tech giant had earlier tapped Taiwanese contractor Quanta Computer Inc. to...
New York Post (News)
Apple’s insanely expensive new desktop computer will be made in the United States — not China, the company announced Monday.
The $6,000 Mac Pro will be built at Apple’s Austin, Texas, plant following US trade regulators approving 10 requests for tariff exemptions filed by Apple for computer parts.
“The new Mac Pro will include components designed, developed and manufactured by more than a dozen American companies for distribution to US customers,” Apple said in a statement.
The Mac Pro had been assembled at the Austin plant since 2013, but Apple...
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