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Apple has been the objective of Threats and criticism of Donald Trump from the beginning of the tariff crisis. The president of the United States has recently demanded to manufacture the iPhone in the country or pay a 25%tariff. Not only asks to leave China, Nor does India workwhat was it The great alternative.
In the absence that from Cupertino they inform about structural changes, Apple has announced An investment of 500 million dollars in MP Materials, a snow -based company that, according to the company, is the only integrated producer of Rare earth of the country.
Magnets, fuck (Jesse Pinkman said). Manufacturing the iPhone in the United States is unfeasible for Apple if you want to avoid one of 2,300 dollarsbut the company will invest in the local economy as they ask from the government. And the plan, for the moment and in part, passes through magnets. Specifically, neodymium magnets from rare earths manufactured in the country, and developed in Fort Worth, Texas. The magnets They are essential on the iPhone and in a lot of modern electronics: key load component by MagsafeThey are also crucial in microphones and speakers. The supply of the first rare earth magnets will begin in 2027.
A larger plan. The 500 million dollars are more than an acquisition of materials. Apple and MP Materials have announced investment in the Texas plant, but also the construction of a new Mountain Pass recycling plant, California. In it they will reprocess recycled materials, as old components of used devices, which they will use in Apple products. However, the announcement not only remains in them: they will distribute magnets all over the world before the growing demand of rare earth magnets, in the electronics sector, but also in motor, aeronautics and military.
The 500 million are framed within a much larger investment already announced by Apple in full tariff threat: 500,000 million dollars Over the next few years, with which they seek to build an AI servers in Houston, dated 2026, and an industrial training center in Detroit.
Washington wink is clear. The Apple statement justifies the need to make this investment in a local company, but in the background is the fact of demonstrating to the federal government that they are prioritizing the national economy. Tim Cook mentioned that “American innovation promotes everything we do in Apple, and we are proud to deepen our investment in the US economy.”
In addition, it also responds to Trump’s objective to create national technological employment: “The increase in production will generate dozens of new jobs in advanced manufacturing and research and development.” Now they do not mention complete figures, but the commitment of the 500,000 million promised to create 20,000 jobs.
Own interests. Achieving a local supply, Apple also gains autonomy against China, authentic world dominator of rare earths: controls 70% of production and 90% of its processing. Trump’s threats turned against the country’s technology, because the Asian country Blocked the export of its most valuable rare earths.
Fighting the great limitations of the country. Tim cook has said in the past that They cannot manufacture in the United Statesamong other things, due to lack of industrial knowledge. In that sense, the statement affirms that companies “will provide extensive training to develop the workforce, creating a completely new group of talent and experience of USA. In the manufacture of magnets.”
By him Liberty PhoneWe know that achieving a 100 % American smartphone is tremendously complicated. His CEO said that “but there are some pieces that simply do not have supply chain,” so they will have to continue working to improve availability. The ironic is that not even the T1 of Trump Mobile will achieve be manufactured in the country.
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