The Apple supply chain is a monster, right? It is this sprawling operation. And the idea of the Apple supply chain was to outsource everything under Tim Cook when Steve Jobs returned to the company in the late 1990s. There's parts of the iPhone, the iPad, the watch, the Mac and Apple's other products that are sourced globally from places even like the US or Japan.
The story of Apple’s rise to become the world’s most valuable company is also the story of its relationship with China. Apple’s vast manufacturing and supply chain operation there has been one of the keys to its success.
So why is Apple looking to expand its operations to India and other countries?
Bloomberg’s chief technology correspondent Mark Gurman joins this episode to look at how shifts in the global economy, and rising tensions between Washington and Beijing, have led Apple to diversify where it makes its products. And Taipei-based senior reporter Debby Wu talks about the challenges the company faces in trying to recreate its success in other countries.
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