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)

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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[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Apple Doesn't Want China Tariffs to Increase?

[cogeek]

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....

Re: Did Cook forget Trump is Republican?

[Anonymous Coward]

Did you forget Trump was a major Democrat donor for 35 years?

Did you forget that time Obama said homosexuality was wrong, and that marriage was between a man and a woman?

Did you forget that time Hillary said homosexuality was wrong, and that marriage was between a man and a woman?

Do you remember that time when they all pivoted when it became convenient for polling?

I remember. Quit being a tribalistic cult member, you fucking imbecile.

Why indeed.

[Comboman]

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.

Re:Why indeed.

[BronsCon]

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?

Trump does not have authority to address legal s

[Attila Dimedici]

Trump does not have the authority to address the legal status of "Dreamers". Only Congress can do that....something which Trump has asked them to do.