Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with China in 2016
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Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with China in 2016
#2At what point does something like this become a national security issue?
I know these modern titans of industry answer to no one, but perhaps they should?
Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with China in 2016
#3At what point does something like this become a national security issue? I know these modern titans of industry answer to no one, but perhaps they should?
I find it interesting you see Apple a national asset needing special scrutiny.
It might as well be true, but then you should also expect other countries to start dealing with Apple as a part of the US gov. and not a purely private party.
Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with China in 2016
#4So...local politicians, in a market where Apple was making money hand-over-fist, were feeling kinda used. By a huge foreign corporation. And the they started getting sticky on all sorts of regulatory things that Apple needed. Until Apple's CEO promised to do a bunch of "local investing" in their country.
How different is this from the 1980's in the U.S., when Japanese auto makers decided that they needed to start building cars in America, and otherwise placating American politicians and voters with big piles of money?
Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with China in 2016
#5At what point does something like this become a national security issue? I know these modern titans of industry answer to no one, but perhaps they should?
I find it interesting you see Apple a national asset needing special scrutiny. It might as well be true, but then you should also expect other countries to start dealing with Apple as a part of the US gov. and not a purely private party.
>you should also expect other countries to start dealing with Apple as a part of the US gov. and not a purely private party
That is exactly what happened and that's why they approached Tim Cook.
Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with China in 2016
#6At what point does something like this become a national security issue? I know these modern titans of industry answer to no one, but perhaps they should?
The modern titans of industry are certainly answerable to their govt in one country at least.
Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with China in 2016
#7At what point does something like this become a national security issue? I know these modern titans of industry answer to no one, but perhaps they should?
they gotta answer to someone. this is getting ridiculous.
Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with China in 2016
#8The really interesting question is of course:
What conditions are there outside of China?
Has Apple agreed to behave differently in the US, censoring apps or content or disadvantaging competitors?
Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with China in 2016
#9At what point does something like this become a national security issue? I know these modern titans of industry answer to no one, but perhaps they should?
The modern titans of industry are certainly answerable to their govt in one country at least.
According to the markets, accountability seems to be a liability. When they started axing IPO's, capital fled China and the dollar strengthened.
Re: Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with China in 2016
#10Since this is finally out, I am hopping they have all the other juicy details in supply chain, where Apple lifted suppliers to their standard and help them build out / counter balance competitors. ( Also interesting this is coming out from The Information, which tends to be an Apple shill for many years from Apple PR. But I am looking at BOE, YMTC and Luxshare. Should be the easiest find and leaks. If they do intend to go deep into it. )