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Bloomberg
13-04-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Apple Was on Brink of Crisis Before Tariff Concession From Trump
By and Shawn Donnan Save Apple Inc. has managed to dodge its biggest crisis since the pandemic — for the moment, at least. Donald Trump's 125% tariffs on goods produced in China threatened to upend its supply chain as seriously as the Covid snarls did five years ago. On Friday night, the US president handed Apple a major victory, exempting many popular consumer electronics. That includes iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches and AirTags.


Bloomberg
08-04-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Trump's Tariffs Collide With Deepening China Shock
I'm Shawn Donnan, a senior writer for economics in Washington. Today we're looking at twin shocks hitting the world economy. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@ And if you aren't yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here. For a quarter century at least the world has been living with the effects of an epochal economic shock as China's rise has reshaped whole industries and communities around the world. But that jolt to the global economy has been joined by another over the past week: The Trump Shock is truly here.