‘Factories In China, Workers From India’: Trump Slams US Big Tech Firms For ‘Profiting Abroad’

<p>In a pointed rebuke of major technology firms, US President Donald Trump accused some of the country&rsquo;s largest tech companies of exploiting American freedoms while outsourcing jobs and minimising taxes overseas.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Many of our largest tech companies have reaped the blessings of American freedom,&rdquo; Trump said, &ldquo;while building their factories in China, hiring workers in India, and slashing profits in Ireland.&rdquo;</p>
<p>He argued that while these corporations enjoy the benefits of the American system, they simultaneously silence voices at home. &ldquo;All the while, they&rsquo;ve dismissed and even censored their fellow citizens right here in the United States,&rdquo; he claimed.</p>
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<p>Trump made it clear that such practices would no longer be tolerated under his leadership. &ldquo;Under President Trump, those days are over,&rdquo; he declared, drawing applause from the crowd. &ldquo;And you know that. Everybody knows that. Everyone in this room certainly does.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The Republican leader’s comment comes as the August 1 deadline for imposing reciprocal tariffs on nearly 60 countries nears, with some countries racing to reach a deal to lower the impact.</p>
<p>Trump had expressed his reservations about tech companies outsourcing their labour to other countries earlier as well.</p>
<p>In May, he said he told Apple CEO Tim Cook that he doesn&rsquo;t want the tech giant to build its products in India, taking shots at the company&rsquo;s moves to diversify production away from China and urging him to pivot stateside. This was in reference to Apple’s commitment of a $500 billion investment in the U.S., which was announced in February.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;I said to him, &lsquo;My friend, I treated you very well. You&rsquo;re coming here with $500 billion, but now I hear you&rsquo;re building all over India.&rsquo; I don&rsquo;t want you building in India.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I said to Tim, I said, &lsquo;Tim look, we treated you really good, we put up with all the plants that you build in China for years, now you got build us. We&rsquo;re not interested in you building in India, India can take care of themselves … we want you to build here,&rsquo;&rdquo; Trump said.</p>