Apple reportedly shipped 600 tons of iPhones in rapid time to 'beat the tariff', only for tariffs to see a 90-day pause

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/apple-reportedly-shipped-600-tons-of-iphones-in-rapid-time-to-beat-the-tariff-only-for-tariffs-to-see-a-90-day-pause/

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reddig33@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Those tariffs will be back. In the meantime Apple can ship direct to customers from overseas.

Cort@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

Tariffs will return before the end of May, or at least the threat. As soon as Trump needs another distraction.

adespoton@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y

Messes with the supply chain though; they want to be sold out if this inventory by the end of September.

kinkles@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 1y

Maybe another million dollar donation can get him to shorten the pause by a month or two

henfredemars@infosec.pub · 9 pts · 1y

Wouldn’t it be more cost-effective to simply bribe the president?

GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Tariffs on China aren't paused though, right?

tabularasa@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

They are not.

jankusanagi@mastodon.sdf.org · 8 pts · 1y

@neme well, not from China. Also, with the insane agent orange, tariffs might be 900% for the whole planet tomorrow, so...

Geetnerd@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
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B0rax@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y

It would honestly surprise me if a lot of companies didn’t do the same. It would be stupid not to.