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When Exploiting China Becomes Unprofitable: Apple's Furious Exit | Logically Answered
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When Exploiting China Becomes Unprofitable: Apple's Furious Exit Apple recently announced a $500 billion investment into American manufacturing and research and development. It may seem like Trump’s tariff war was the main reason behind this and while that definitely played an influential role, this breakup with China has actually been setting up for quite some time for Apple. Over the years, Chinese labor has not only gotten substantially more expensive, but concerns regarding CCP control and lack of diversification have also become quite large for Apple. As such, Apple has been moving manufacturing outside of China for quite some time now to countries like India. The trade war was simply the straw that broke the camel’s back leading to Apple embarking on one of the largest manufacturing overhauls in their history. This video explains the story of Apple’s globalization and deglobalization efforts and how this affects the Chinese manufacturing industry. Earn Cash Back On Stocks: Up To $5,000 Per Year https://www.silomarkets.com/logic/ Free Weekly Newsletter With Insiders: https://logicallyanswered.co/ Socials: https://www.instagram.com/hariharan.jayakumar/ Discord Community: https://discord.gg/SJUNWNt Timestamps: 0:00Apple In Crisis 0:49Moving To China 6:33Cold Feet 13:06Something Much Bigger Resources: https://pastebin.com/59drZzEi Disclaimer: This video is not a solicitation or personal financial advice. All investing involves risk. Please do your own research. https://www.silomarkets.com/disclosures Logically Answered is centered around explaining the economics of tech and social media. These sectors are generally analyzed through the lenses of finance and economics to determine which industries and companies will thrive and which will fall. In addition to this anal…