In a sign of the times, Apple’s key manufacturing partners are ready to ramp up production in the US should the incoming Trump administration keep its promise to levy painful surcharges on Chinese imports.
But, of course, these new factories won’t necessarily create vast quantities of jobs, as they are likely to be focused on strategically important, high-value goods made in heavily automated plants.
All the same, the news is that Apple’s big Taiwanese partners — Foxconn, Pegatron, and Quanta Computer — are ready to rapidly ramp up US manufacturing investment in response to any changes in national policy, explained Foxconn Chairman Young Liu. His company already has production centers in Texas, Wisconsin, and Ohio, and is ready for additional expansion, he said.