Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, uDonald Trump, umongameli we-United States i-electro, wathi kwenye yeengqungquthela zakhe ezinempikiswano, ukuba inkampani esekwe eCupertino iyeke ukuvelisa izixhobo zayo phesheya kwaye izise yonke imveliso eUnited States. U-Apple uyazi kwasekuqaleni ukuba oku akwenzeki, hayi i-Apple kuphela, kodwa nayiphi na inkampani okwangoku evelisa izixhobo zayo e-China, kuba iindleko zokuvelisa kunye nemveliso ziya kuba phezulu kakhulu. Okwangoku, iApple ifikelele kwiFoxconn, iPegatron, kunye nezinye izixhobo zeApple ukubuza ukubala ukuba kungabiza malini ukuhambisa imveliso ye-iPhone, i-iPad kunye nezinye izixhobo okwenziwa ngoku e-China e-United States.
Ngokuka-Asia Nikkei, okhuphe olu lwazi, uFoxconn uphanda ukubakho kokuhambisa yonke imveliso e-United States, ngelixa abanye abavelisi abanjengo U-Pegasus, usalile ngokuthe ngqo isicelo ngenxa yeendleko eziphezulu eziza kubakho. Ngaphandle kokuba yonke imveliso yenziwe ziirobhothi, ndiyathandabuza kakhulu ukuba iFoxconn inokwenza izixhobo zeApple eMelika ngaphandle kokunyusa kakhulu iindleko zokuvelisa kwaye ke ixabiso lesixhobo.
UFoxconn unokuba ujonge ekubeni kungenzeka ngaphandle kokusebenzisa phantse nawuphi na umsebenzi, esona sizathu sokunyuka kweendleko, endaweni yoko sisebenzise iirobhothi, njengoko ziyafumaneka ngoku kumaziko eShenzem, apho ikomkhulu. Ngombulelo ekuphunyezweni kweerobhothi kwinkqubo yokuvelisa, inkampani ithathe indawo yabasebenzi abangaphezu kwama-60.000.
Okwangoku iApple yenza kuphela iMac Pro kumhlaba waseMelika, imodeli enokuthi ingabinakho ukuphuma kwintengiso njenge-iPhone. Eli nyathelo alizukuchaphazela iApple kuphela, kodwa inokuchaphazela bonke abavelisi baseMelika bezixhobo ze-elektroniki, ezingonyusa ixabiso lezixhobo zabo.