Best Of: Why Apple can’t leave China
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This week, we’re revisiting an episode from earlier this year. 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 explains why cutting ties will be extremely difficult.   Clips from Fox News, CGTN, Yahoo, ABC  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  For further reading: How Apple tied its fortunes to China What it would take for Apple to disentangle itself from China ‘A shot across the bow’: how geopolitics threatens Apple’s dependence on China - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  On X, follow Patrick McGee (@PatrickMcGee_) and Michela Tindera (@mtindera07) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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