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Apple assembler Foxconn considering iPhone factory in Vietnam

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13:30 - 4/12/2018 Salı
Update: 13:33 - 4/12/2018 Salı
REUTERS
The various colors of newly released Apple iPhone XR are seen following the product launch event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 12, 2018.
The various colors of newly released Apple iPhone XR are seen following the product launch event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 12, 2018.

Apple Inc's biggest iPhone assembler, Foxconn, is considering setting up a factory in Vietnam to mitigate any impact of an ongoing trade war between the United States and China, Vietnamese state media reported.

The report comes after several executives interviewed by Reuters last week singled out Vietnam and neighbouring Thailand as preferred destinations should they need to shelter operations from the trade war, braving hurdles such a lack of skilled labour and inadequate infrastructure.

"Foxconn Group and the Hanoi People's Committee are working together to open an iPhone manufacturing facility in Vietnam to negate the impacts of the U.S.-China trade war," the Vietnam Investment Review reported on Monday.

The newspaper cited Vu Tien Loc, head of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as raising the matter with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a meeting on Nov. 22.

"We are discussing the possibility of this with Foxconn," Loc told Reuters, without elaborating. Hanoi People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung declined to comment.

Taiwan's Foxconn, formally Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd , told Reuters it "follows a strict company policy of not commenting on any matters related to current or potential customers, or any of their products".

In trade talks on Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed not to introduce any tariffs for 90 days as negotiations continue.

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