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"How Big Tech is paying its way out of Trump's tariffs"
Cook and friends are so far up Trump's ass that he'll burp them out any moment.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/13/nvidia-amd-and-apple-big-tech-is-paying-its-way-out-of-trump-tariffs.html
Top tech executives are at the forefront of a recent swathe of unprecedented deals with U.S. President Donald Trump.
In just the last few days, the White House confirmed that two U.S. chipmakers, Nvidia
and Advanced Micro Devices
, would be allowed to sell advanced chips to China in exchange for the U.S. government receiving a 15% cut of their revenues in the Asian country.
Apple
CEO Tim Cook, meanwhile, recently announced plans to increase the firm’s U.S. investment commitment to $600 billion over the next four years. The move was widely seen as a bid to get the tech giant out of Trump’s crosshairs on tariffs — and appears to have worked for now.
In just the last few days, the White House confirmed that two U.S. chipmakers, Nvidia
and Advanced Micro Devices
, would be allowed to sell advanced chips to China in exchange for the U.S. government receiving a 15% cut of their revenues in the Asian country.
Apple
CEO Tim Cook, meanwhile, recently announced plans to increase the firm’s U.S. investment commitment to $600 billion over the next four years. The move was widely seen as a bid to get the tech giant out of Trump’s crosshairs on tariffs — and appears to have worked for now.
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