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Time of India
5 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Apple and Alibaba's AI rollout in China delayed by Trump's trade war: Report
HighlightsThe rollout of artificial intelligence services by Apple Inc. and Alibaba Group Holding Limited in China is being delayed by the Cyberspace Administration of China due to rising geopolitical tensions between the United States and China. The delay in launching advanced AI features could significantly impact Apple Inc.'s sales in China, where it is already facing stiff competition from domestic rivals like Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. US President Donald Trump's trade policies have further complicated Apple's situation, including a 25% tariff on iPhones sold in the United States that are not manufactured domestically. Apple and Alibaba's rollout of artificial intelligence services in China is being delayed by a Beijing regulator, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, as the partnership becomes the latest to take a hit due to US President Donald Trump's trade war. The tech companies in February announced a deal to support iPhones' AI services offering in China, a move likely to help the US company ease falling smartphone sales in its key market. But their applications have been stalled at the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), FT reported, citing two people familiar with the matter, due to increasing geopolitical uncertainties between China and the US. AI features are especially important in China and consumer-facing AI products require regulatory approval. Apple and Alibaba did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment, while the CAC could not immediately be reached. A delay in the rollout of the features could prove costly for Apple, which is facing declining iPhone sales in China amid growing competition from domestic rivals, particularly Huawei, which has integrated DeepSeek's AI models into its cloud services and devices. Industry analysts have pointed to the absence of advanced AI features - a key selling point in latest-generation smartphones - as a significant disadvantage for Apple in the Chinese market. The iPhone maker has also been slow in rolling out Apple Intelligence, a set of features with access to ChatGPT, with several advanced AI tools available on competing Android smartphones. Trump in late May said that Apple would pay a 25% tariff on iPhones that are sold in the United States but not made in the country. Apple will hold its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) from June 9 to 13, and it will highlight updates to the software powering iPhones, iPads and other Apple devices.
The Hindu
5 days ago
- Business
- The Hindu
Apple and Alibaba's AI rollout in China delayed by Trump's trade war: Report
Apple and Alibaba's rollout of artificial intelligence services in China is being delayed by a Beijing regulator, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, as the partnership becomes the latest to take a hit due to U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war. The tech companies in February announced a deal to support iPhones' AI services offering in China, a move likely to help the U.S. company ease falling smartphone sales in its key market. But their applications have been stalled at the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), FT reported, citing two people familiar with the matter, due to increasing geopolitical uncertainties between China and the U.S. AI features are especially important in China and consumer-facing AI products require regulatory approval. Apple and Alibaba did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment, while the CAC could not immediately be reached. A delay in the rollout of the features could prove costly for Apple, which is facing declining iPhone sales in China amid growing competition from domestic rivals, particularly Huawei, which has integrated DeepSeek's AI models into its cloud services and devices. Industry analysts have pointed to the absence of advanced AI features, a key selling point in latest-generation smartphones, as a significant disadvantage for Apple in the Chinese market. The iPhone maker has also been slow in rolling out Apple Intelligence, a set of features with access to ChatGPT, with several advanced AI tools available on competing Android smartphones. Trump in late May said that Apple would pay a 25% tariff on iPhones that are sold in the United States but not made in the country. Apple will hold its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) from June 9 to 13, and it will highlight updates to the software powering iPhones, iPads and other Apple devices.
Time of India
6 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Apple and Alibaba's AI rollout in China delayed by Trump's trade war: Report
Apple and Alibaba's rollout of artificial intelligence services in China is being delayed by a Beijing regulator, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, as the partnership becomes the latest to take a hit due to US President Donald Trump's trade war. The tech companies in February announced a deal to support iPhones' AI services offering in China, a move likely to help the US company ease falling smartphone sales in its key market. But their applications have been stalled at the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), FT reported, citing two people familiar with the matter, due to increasing geopolitical uncertainties between China and the US. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Neem voor het slapengaan 1 kopje en val snel af Beauty Ideas Meer lezen Undo AI features are especially important in China and consumer-facing AI products require regulatory approval. Apple and Alibaba did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment, while the CAC could not immediately be reached. Live Events A delay in the rollout of the features could prove costly for Apple, which is facing declining iPhone sales in China amid growing competition from domestic rivals, particularly Huawei, which has integrated DeepSeek's AI models into its cloud services and devices. Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories Industry analysts have pointed to the absence of advanced AI features - a key selling point in latest-generation smartphones - as a significant disadvantage for Apple in the Chinese market. The iPhone maker has also been slow in rolling out Apple Intelligence, a set of features with access to ChatGPT, with several advanced AI tools available on competing Android smartphones. Trump in late May said that Apple would pay a 25% tariff on iPhones that are sold in the United States but not made in the country. Apple will hold its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) from June 9 to 13, and it will highlight updates to the software powering iPhones, iPads and other Apple devices.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Apple and Alibaba's AI rollout in China delayed by Trump's trade war, FT reports
(Reuters) -Apple and Alibaba's rollout of artificial intelligence services in China is being delayed by a Beijing regulator, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The tech companies in February announced a deal to support iPhones' AI services offering in China, a move likely to help the U.S. company ease falling smartphone sales in its key market. But their applications have been stalled at the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), FT reported, citing two people familiar with the matter said, due to increasing geopolitical uncertainties between China and the U.S. Apple and Alibaba did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.
Kuwait Times
26-05-2025
- Business
- Kuwait Times
Little, little screws' one of many hurdles to US-made iPhones
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's bid to bring manufacturing of Apple's iPhone to the United States faces many legal and economic challenges, experts said on Friday, the least of which are the insertion of 'little screws' that would need to be automated. Trump threatened on Friday to impose a 25 percent tariff on Apple for any iPhones sold, but not made, in the United States, as part of his administration's goal of re-shoring jobs. He told reporters later on Friday that the 25 percent tariff would also apply to Samsung and other smartphone makers. He expects the tariffs to go into effect at the end of June. 'Otherwise it wouldn't be fair' if it did not apply to all imported smartphones, Trump said. 'I had a understanding with (Apple CEO) Tim (Cook) that he wouldn't be doing this. He said he's going to India to build plants. I said that's OK to go to India but you're not going to sell into here without tariffs.' Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told CBS last month that the work of 'millions and millions of human beings screwing in little, little screws to make iPhones' would come to the United States and be automated, creating jobs for skilled trade workers such as mechanics and electricians. But he later told CNBC that Cook told him that doing so requires technology not yet available. 'He said, I need to have the robotic arms, right, do it at a scale and a precision that I could bring it here. And the day I see that available, it's coming here,' Lutnick said. The fastest way for the Trump administration to pressure Apple through tariffs would be to use the same legal mechanism behind punishing tariffs on a broad swath of imports, trade lawyers and professors said. The law, known as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, allows the president to take economic action after declaring an emergency that constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the United States. 'There's no clear legal authority that permits company-specific tariffs, but the Trump administration may try to shoehorn it under its emergency power authorities,' said Sally Stewart Laing, a partner at Akin Gump in Washington. Other means of levying company-specific tariffs rely on lengthy investigations, Laing said. But tariffs on only Apple 'would provide a competitive advantage for other important phones, which undermines Trump's goals of bringing manufacturing to the United States,' Liang said. Experts said Trump has viewed IEEPA as a flexible and powerful economic tool because it is not clear that courts have the power to review the president's response to a declared emergency. 'In the administration's view, as long as he enacts the ritual of declaring an emergency and pronouncing it unusual or extraordinary, there is nothing a court can do,' said Tim Meyer, an international law professor at Duke University. In a case brought by 12 states challenging Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs in the Manhattan-based Court of International Trade, the court is considering that issue, and whether IEEPA authorizes tariffs at all. If the Trump administration wins that case, 'the president is not going to have any trouble coming up with an emergency as a justification to impose tariffs on Apple iPhone imports,' Meyer said. Trump could even simply include iPhones under the trade deficit emergency that already formed the basis for tariffs declared earlier, Meyer said. But moving production to the United States could take up to a decade and could result in iPhones costing $3,500 each, Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush, said in a research note. Apple's top-of-the-line iPhone currently retails for around $1,200. 'We believe the concept of Apple producing iPhones in the US is a fairy tale that is not feasible,' Ives said. Even without getting that far, a tariff on iPhones would increase consumer costs by complicating Apple's supply chain and financing, said Brett House, an economics professor at Columbia. 'None of this is positive for American consumers,' he said. – Reuters
