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Apple CEO Says He Has Urged Trump To Address Legal Status of Immigrants; Also Told Him That Tariffs Are Wrong Approach To China (bloomberg.com)

Posted by msmash on from the needed-to-be-done dept.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook told Bloomberg Television that he has criticized Donald Trump's approach to trade with China in a recent White House meeting, while also urging the president to address the legal status of immigrants known as Dreamers. From the interview: Cook said his message to Trump focused on the importance of trade and how cooperation between two countries can boost the economy more than nations acting alone. Cook met with Trump in the Oval Office in late April amid a brewing trade war between the U.S. and China. The Trump administration instituted 25 percent tariffs on at least $50 billion worth of products from China, sparking retaliation. In the interview on "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations," Cook acknowledged that previous trade policies were flawed but said Trump's move is also problematic. "It's true, undoubtedly true, that not everyone has been advantaged from that -- in either country -- and we've got to work on that," Cook said. "But I felt that tariffs were not the right approach there, and I showed him some more analytical kinds of things to demonstrate why."

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  1. Good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I voted for Tim Cook for president and am glad his policies will now be implemented. /sarcasm

    WTF? Why would I give a crap about what Cook thinks needs to be done? I voted Trump in because Trump was going to do things I wanted. If Tim wanted his policies to be put into place, perhaps he should have run instead. What is it with liberals that don't run, or can't win elections thinking their ideas should be put into place even if the majority of citizens showed they disagree with them. You all like to say the GOP needs to stay out of my bedroom, well the DNC needs to stay out of my government until they can win an election without having the FBI/CIA/NSA all spying on opposition campaigns attempting to throw the election their way illegally.

    1. Re:Good by Opportunist · · Score: 2, Insightful

      What world do you live in? In ours it doesn't matter who you vote for but how much money you stuff in his ass.

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    2. Re:Good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      The fact you believe there are actually "sides" and that those "two sides" need to cooperate says you've been snowed. It's all one big hodge-podge of power-hungry knob-slobbers that will do anything and everything to retain power. The less outward cooperation they show, the more likely the plebes will stay too riled up to notice we're all being bent over and fucked by those in power.

    3. Re:Good by squiggleslash · · Score: 1, Insightful

      well the DNC needs to stay out of my government until they can win an election without having the FBI/CIA/NSA all spying on opposition campaigns attempting to throw the election their way illegally.

      Just to be clear, you're saying that if the FBI, CIA, and NSA finds compelling evidence that a hostile foreign power is interfering in an election, they shouldn't investigate it further if there's any risk at all that a Republican (Democrats apparently don't matter, I don't see you complaining about Comey's October Surprise) candidate might be benefiting from said interference?

      The FBI et al might have been investigating the links between the Trump campaign and Russia, but the only campaign intentionally attacked was Clinton's. Did you forget that? The FBI even pretended they didn't see a link between the Russian campaign and Trump's.

      We have the worst President in history, which is a pretty impressive achievement given we had Bush only 10 years ago, and Nixon in the last 50 or so. That's thanks in part to the FBI smearing Clinton, and hiding key problems with Trump and botching the investigation so Russia could interfere. But sure, pretend the DNC is the problem.

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  2. Re:Did Cook forget Trump is Republican? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Trump doesn't give a shit about any of that. As long as his ravenous fans/base think that way, that's what he will go for.

  3. Apple Doesn't Want China Tariffs to Increase? by cogeek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So the CEO of a company that relies on low tariffs to justify outsourcing their products to be manufactured by forced child laborers has advised against raising tariffs on their products coming back into the country. Imagine that....

  4. Why indeed. by Comboman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why would I give a crap about what Cook thinks needs to be done?

    How about because he is the CEO of one of America's largest and most successful companies? I suppose you'd rather take economic advice from a senile reality-show host and real estate con-man who had to declare bankruptcy multiple times.

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    1. Re:Why indeed. by BronsCon · · Score: 5, Insightful

      How about we take what he wants re: China with a grain of salt because the company he's the CEO of does a lot of manufacturing there and, of course, he doesn't want tariffs as those affect his bottom line?

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    2. Re:Why indeed. by cyberchondriac · · Score: 1, Insightful

      You forget that Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy some years ago and only survived because M$ bailed them out? Cook just inherited Job's revival, they've had nothing really new or good since Job's died. Cook is nothing special.
      Also, 4 businesses (out of over a hundred), temporarily going into bankruptcy to reorganize, I think 3 of which were casinos, which at the time were all doing poorly across the country, is not really that horrible of a track record.
      All politicians are con-men when you think about it. Hillary sure is; and Bernie is more senile than any of them.

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    3. Re:Why indeed. by Daemonik · · Score: 4, Insightful

      How about no,exactly because he IS a CEO? He could give two squirts what happens to the rest of the US, as long as Apple's shareholders (including himself) continue to warm their asses with the giant pile of offshored cash Apple has, and the trade policies he wants are what will help Apple, not you.

  5. Re: Did Cook forget Trump is Republican? by gnick · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Trump's been saying stuff a LOT of people don't want to hear

    Only his most unhinged comments go against what his friends at Fox want to hear.

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  6. Re: Did Cook forget Trump is Republican? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The destruction of America???? Are you fucking retarded? Or are you just a dishonest Trump-hating piece of shit? America is running just the same as it always has... so your point is just plain wrong.

    You are exactly like those anti-brexiters... crying about the destruction brexit will cause... you know what happened??? FUCK ALL!!!!

    Go jerk off to HIllary you SJW cuck.

  7. Re: Did Cook forget Trump is Republican? by losfromla · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Except for accelerating destruction of environmental protections, rolling back consumer protections, increasing corporate welfare (and thereby wealth disparity) in the form of the repugnican tax scam, breaking of promises (Iran nuclear agreement) to our allies and others, etc. Yeah, things are going same as always... Really though?

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  8. Immigrants? Or illegal aliens? by Chas · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There's a distinct difference.

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