Apple and Trump detail $100 billion U.S. spending expansion, including $2.5 billion for an iPhone glass factory

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Apple CEO Tim Cook, near center, escorts President Donald Trump arsenic helium tours Apple's Mac Pro manufacturing works successful Austin, Texas, Nov. 20, 2019.

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Apple connected Wednesday announced it volition walk an further $100 cardinal connected U.S. companies and suppliers implicit the adjacent 4 years.

The institution said its concern would incentivize overseas companies to bargain much U.S.-made parts. The committedness is connected apical of a $500 cardinal announcement that Apple made successful February.

Apple said that it had created the alleged American Manufacturing Program that includes Corning, Coherent, GlobalWafers, Applied Materials, Texas Instruments, Samsung, GlobalFoundries, Amkor and Broadcom.

For a cardinal facet of the program, Apple said it would walk $2.5 cardinal to money a large enlargement with Corning, which makes solid for iPhones successful Kentucky. Apple said that each solid for iPhones and Apple Watches volition beryllium manufactured successful the U.S.

Apple besides said it had a multiyear proviso statement with Coherent to nutrient lasers for the iPhone's facial designation system.

CEO Tim Cook will articulation President Donald Trump in the Oval Office connected Wednesday to tout the latest plans to walk and put successful the U.S. Apple's Wednesday announcement doesn't see important increases successful home accumulation for its devices.

Apple has made akin announcements successful the past. In 2018, nether unit during the archetypal Trump administration, Apple committed to walk $350 cardinal successful the U.S. implicit 5 years, oregon astir $70 cardinal per year. In 2021, Apple announced plans to walk $430 cardinal implicit 5 years, oregon $86 cardinal per twelvemonth successful the U.S. Wednesday's announcement has the institution astatine $600 cardinal implicit 4 years, oregon $125 cardinal per year. 

The institution besides faces accrued tariffs that could wounded its profits. It's presently paying for tariffs placed connected Chinese imports earlier this year, and faces accrued import taxes connected semiconductors erstwhile the Trump Administration finishes a alleged Section 232 investigation.

Apple said successful May that the bulk of phones it's selling successful the U.S. are assembled successful India to debar Chinese tariffs, and though tariffs connected India are going up to 25%, White House sources told CNBC that the iPhone shaper volition beryllium "largely unaffected" by the India tariffs. Apple said that tariffs could outgo the institution $1.1 cardinal successful the existent quarter. 

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