Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, uDonald Trump, umongameli we-electro yase-United States, wathi komunye wemihlangano yakhe yomkhankaso eyimpikiswano yokuthi inkampani ezinze eCupertino izoyeka ukukhiqiza amadivayisi ayo phesheya bese iletha konke ukukhiqizwa e-United States. I-Apple yazi kwasekuqaleni ukuthi lokhu akwenzeki, hhayi i-Apple kuphela, kepha nanoma iyiphi inkampani okwamanje ekhiqiza amadivayisi ayo eChina, ngoba izindleko zokukhiqiza nezokukhiqiza zingaba phezulu kakhulu. Noma kunjalo, i-Apple ifinyelele kuFoxconn, Pegatron, nakwabanye abenzi bamadivayisi we-Apple ukubuza abale ukuthi kungabiza ini ukuhambisa ukukhiqizwa kwe-iPhone, i-iPad namanye amadivayisi okwamanje akhiqizwa eChina aya e-United States.
Ngokusho kuka-Asia Nikkei, odalule lolu lwazi, uFoxconn uphenya ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuyisa konke ukukhiqizwa e-United States, kanti abanye abakhiqizi abanjengo U-Pegasus, usenqabile ngqo isicelo ngenxa yezindleko ezinkulu obekungaba yizo. Ngaphandle kokuthi konke ukukhiqizwa kwenziwe ngamarobhothi, angingabazi neze ukuthi iFoxconn ingenza amadivayisi we-Apple e-United States ngaphandle kokukhuphula kakhulu izindleko zokukhiqiza ngakho-ke intengo yedivayisi.
UFoxconn kungenzeka ukuthi ucwaninga ukuthi kungenzeka yini ngaphandle kokusebenzisa noma yimuphi umsebenzi, isizathu esiyinhloko sokwenyuka kwezindleko, futhi esikhundleni salokho sisebenzise amarobhothi, njengoba manje etholakala ezikhungweni zeShenzem, lapho inendlunkulu. Ngenxa yokuqaliswa kwamarobhothi enqubeni yokukhiqiza, inkampani isishintshe abasebenzi abangaphezu kwama-60.000.
Njengamanje i-Apple ikhiqiza kuphela iMac Pro enhlabathini yaseMelika, imodeli enengqondo engenayo indawo enkulu emakethe njenge-iPhone. Lesi silinganiso ngeke sithinte i-Apple kuphela, kodwa futhi kungathinta bonke abakhiqizi baseMelika bezinto zobuchwepheshe, okuzokhuphula intengo yamadivayisi wabo.