Apple uses more suppliers from China than Taiwan for first time, data shows

The tech giant has become more, not less, dependent on the US’s superpower rival in recent years, according to analysis Apple used more suppliers from China last year than it did from Taiwan for the first time, highlighting the difficulty the United States government will have in persuading companies to become less reliant on its superpower rival. Despite Donald Trump’s trade war against China, the tech company had 51 suppliers based in China and Hong Kong in 2020, according to a Nikkei Asia analysis of the annual Apple supplier list released last week. Continue reading…