apple ceoto cookI will come on the 15thvietnamHanoi, on a two-day visit during which he met with Apple users, developers and content creators and announced that he would increase investment in Vietnamese suppliers. The move prompted Chinese netizens to express unease about Apple’s investment strategy.
According to a report from Malaysia’s “Guangming Daily”, on the same day as Cook visited Hanoi, Apple issued a statement on its official website that it will increase spending on Vietnamese suppliers, but has not yet provided details, amount and whereabouts. Has not been disclosed. funds.Apple has been supplying goods to Vietnam since 2019the supply chainManufacturers invested approximately VND 400 trillion (approximately US$15.8 billion).
Cook visited China late last month and emphasized that there is no place more important to Apple’s supply chain than China. Cook also said that Apple will strengthen long-term cooperative relationships with Chinese supply chain partners and work together on sustainability, artificial intelligence and other aspects to achieve a win-win situation. “Cook’s visit to China shows that Apple will continue to value the Chinese market,” Voice of America quoted Wall Street technology analyst Dan Ives as saying on social platform X.
Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post quoted some Chinese netizens as saying they were uncomfortable with Apple moving some of its manufacturing to countries such as Vietnam and India. A Weibo netizen said, “For American companies like Apple, we can’t blindly trust what they say. They may praise a certain country on the surface, but in reality they may have different motives and objectives “
Amidst the increasing tension between China and America, America is strengthening its cooperative relations with Vietnam day by day. President Biden visited Vietnam in September last year and announced the establishment of a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with Vietnam to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in critical industries such as semiconductors.
According to the latest data released by IDC, in the first quarter of 2023, iPhone has lost its global smartphone sales championship, accounting for 17.3% of the global market, lagging behind Samsung at 20.8%. Xiaomi ranked third with a market share of 14.1%, followed by two Chinese mobile phone brand manufacturers, Transcen and Oppo, with a market share of 9.9% and 8.7% respectively.
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