President Donald Trump has told Apple it should build its products in the US to avoid tariffs on Chinese imports, after the iPhone maker warned of potential price rises for consumers.
Apple found itself the target of a Twitter broadside from Mr Trump on Saturday morning, after recent attacks by the US president on Facebook, Google and Twitter, showing that the iPhone maker is not immune to the political threats facing Silicon Valley.
Mr Trump on Friday threatened to escalate further the US trade war with China, adding tariffs to another $267bn worth of goods on top of the $200bn already proposed and another $50bn approved earlier this year. Such a move is seen as likely to capture all imports from China, including Apple’s iPhones and iPads, which have so far escaped an additional import duty.