Apple has spent two decades and billions of dollars building a massive supply chain for its products. At the centre of that operation is China. But as Beijing has become more authoritarian and relations with the US sour, it has become harder for Apple to do business there. The company has been signalling recently that it will diversify away from the country, but the FT’s Patrick McGee tells Michela why cutting ties will be extremely difficult.
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For further reading:
How Apple tied its fortunes to China
What it would take for Apple to disentangle itself from China
Tim Cook praises Apple’s ‘symbiotic’ relationship with China
Apple and Foxconn win labour reforms to advance Indian production plans
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