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By Debby Wu <\/a>
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Apple Inc. has a backup plan if the U.S.-China trade war gets out of hand.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The Cupertino, Calif.-based company\u2019s primary manufacturing partner has enough capacity to make all iPhones bound for the U.S. outside of China if necessary, according to a senior executive at Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.<\/a> The Taiwanese contract manufacturer now makes most of the smartphones in the Chinese mainland.<\/div>\n
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China is a crucial cog in Apple\u2019s business, the origin of most of its iPhones and iPads as well as its largest international market. But President Donald Trump has threatened Beijing with new tariffs on about $300 billion worth of Chinese goods, an act that would escalate tensions dramatically while levying<\/a> a punitive tax on Apple\u2019s most profitable product.<\/div>\n
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Hon Hai, known also as Foxconn, is the American giant\u2019s most important manufacturing partner. It will fully support Apple if it needs to adjust its production as the U.S.-Chinese trade spat gets grimmer and more unpredictable, board nominee and semiconductor division chief Young Liu told an investor briefing in Taipei on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cTwenty-five percent of our production capacity is outside of China and we can help Apple respond to its needs in the U.S. market,\u201d said Liu, adding that investments are now being made in India for Apple. \u201cWe have enough capacity to meet Apple\u2019s demand.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Apple shares were up more than 1% to $194.99 in New York on Tuesday.<\/div>\n

The U.S. market accounts for one in every four iPhones sold worldwide, “so it represents a huge portion of Foxconn\u2019s manufacturing business inside China,” Strategy Analytics analyst Neil Mawston said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Foxconn would need at least one or two big factories outside China dedicated to serving Apple\u2019s U.S. requirements, Mawston estimated. If Foxconn freed up non-China production capacity for iPhones, other smartphone clients could find their orders temporarily delayed or sidelined in the short-term, he added.<\/p>\n

Foxconn could shift some overseas work back to China to compensate. But without that, some of its Chinese factories may be idled.<\/p>\n