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It doesn't say the Mini will be exclusively produced at this US facility. I wonder in say 2 years what % will be "produced" in the US? 1%? 0.1%?

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> It doesn't say the Mini will be exclusively produced at this US facility.

What's likely to happen is Mac minis for North America will be made in Houston. Otherwise, the ones for the rest of the world will be made at the same facilities they are now.

Just like iPhones for the US are made in India; iPhones for the rest of the world are made in China.

I imagine iPhones for India are also made in India. India has a lot of programs to promote production within the country, and IIRC, Apple moved production there to take advantage of that. Given they have production in India, it makes sense to use that production for shipments to the US given better tariff rates for things produced in India vs China.

> What's likely to happen is Mac minis for North America will be made in Houston

I'd guess it's a small percentage of the Mac minis for North America. Just enough that they get exempted from tariffs on the ones coming in from overseas...

Because Apple’s CEO is playing nice with the administration (for now), Apple has been exempt from tariffs, even going back to Trump’s first term.

Also investing $500 billion in domestic manufacturing doesn’t hurt.

They’ll make a gold one there every year as tribute to Trump

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