Apple and Foxconn in the Trump Era
CHAN Jenny, 2017
Name of publisher/editor
CHINA'S WORLD
Co-author
Mark Selden
Geographic area
North America
Summary & key words
“Designed by Apple in California, Assembled in the USA” — is a recent company slogan. But few Apple products have been assembled, still less built, in the US in recent decades. In 2013 Apple began building small numbers of its Mac Pro computers through partnering with Flextronics in Austin, Texas. However, the operation is small and is likely at best to remain so. In common with many other American firms whose products are produced by low-wage workers overseas, Apple has faced heavy criticism from the President Donald Trump administration and demands that it create jobs in the US. This article looks at Apple’s response to such criticism.