Apple warns suppliers to follow China rules on 'Taiwan' labeling

Post by peoplefromibiza » Fri, Aug 05, 2022, 5:16 PM UTC

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #25

I have a friend working for a company whose biggest clients are in the Emirates. One of said client is the government, and it is asking them to buy some very specific equipment, knowing fully well this equipment is only sold in Israel. However, the Emirates cannot trade with Israel, and refuse to pay for any equipment labelled as coming from this country. Calling one of the officials, they asked for a solution. They…

Post by leereeves » Fri, Aug 05, 2022, 5:17 PM UTC

s3r3nity wrote: post #227

hodgesrm wrote: post #187

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> Apple has spent many years happily profiting from cheap Chinese manufacturing, labor, electrial engineering expertise and supply chains to the point where they are now completely beholden to a foreign country. Up to a point there's a cost advantage, but Tim Cook has also pointed that Apple uses Chinese factories because it allows them to take advantage of the local manufacturing capabilities, which are substantial.…

> In fact to hear him tell it those capabilities are simply not available elsewhere. This is a huge overlooked factor in all of the debate regarding the supply chain. You can't "just move" manufacturing capabilities from one place to another, and debate the labor costs. Rather, probably more importantly, there's actually a _skills supply_ problem.

Post by mancerayder » Fri, Aug 05, 2022, 5:18 PM UTC

BudaDude wrote: post #33

This should honestly be picked up by a larger news organization. If the US is serious about protecting Taiwan and bringing more chips to the US, Apple should be shamed for choosing Chinese profits. Imagine if Apple told Ukraine employees to label Russia on their badges.

Post by zozbot234 » Fri, Aug 05, 2022, 5:20 PM UTC

wongarsu wrote: post #245

allendoerfer wrote: post #197

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> To many Taiwanese, support for "Taiwan independence" would be tantamount to denying their history and self-experienced identity. A very real sort of oppression. Source? I have Taiwanese sources stating the exact opposite. The Taiwanese youth does not want to be seen as Chinese.

After WWII, Germany lost a large section of their Eastern Territory to Poland, and everyone from there was resettled within the new German borders. Those people were furious, and as a result German policy was to demand that territory back, and a refusal to recognize the new borders. A couple decades later a lot of the people who grew up there had died of old age, and the new generation had no relation to the old terr…

Post by babypuncher » Fri, Aug 05, 2022, 5:22 PM UTC

josephcsible wrote: post #69

jrochkind1 wrote: post #35

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It reads to me like Apple is warning suppliers that it's parts may not get to factories in China if it does not comply with Chinese law. You would like Apple to... stop importing parts from Taiwan to China? That doesn't seem right, it would hurt Taiwan. Stop manufacturing in China? That's... ambitious. Ignore the situation and just accept assembly lines being halted because of lack of parts stopped at border? Other?…

> Stop manufacturing in China? That's... ambitious. Apple's profit margins are so high that they'd probably still be positive even if they did this without raising prices at all. (Remember nobody's saying they should have to move manufacturing to the US. There are plenty of countries with low labor costs that are less evil than China.)