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The Trump Effect

Markets worry about president-elect’s trade policy would be bad for Apple. Trump has publicly stated that he would force Apple to move its manufacturing back to U.S. 川普上台,市場普遍擔心新任美國總統的貿易政策將對蘋果不利,因為他曾公開表示:上任後將逼蘋果將產品生產搬回美國。川普效應對蘋果的影響,此篇作者的分析非常淺顯易懂,值得一讀,摘要如下: 1. 川普想讓蘋果回流美國製造及組裝 2. 川普請蘋果創造美國工人就業機會 3. 川普想對中國進口貨物課反傾銷稅 4. 川普想對企業調降海外盈餘匯回稅 (1)與(2)都不可能。各代iPhone從產品設計到最後之組裝所需之「應變」靈活度極高,目前尚非機器人能取代,之前Mac在美國的自動化產線也早已告停。 縱然搬回美國製造在財務上所大幅增加的人工成本(不論是否轉嫁消費者)尚不致於讓Apple進入負毛利,美國依舊找不出任何一個地方能生出那麼大量的skilled labor來建廠。 (3)
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Apple Leaving No Quarters for Suppliers

Even for a company as rick like Apple, cutting price and order volume is a must, leaving no quarters for its suppliers.
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