{"id":50227,"date":"2025-08-06T19:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/50227\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T19:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:34:09","slug":"apple-shares-pop-5-ahead-of-trump-cook-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/50227\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple shares pop 5% ahead of Trump-Cook announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California, June 9, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/AAPL\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a> shares popped 5% on Wednesday, ahead of an Oval Office event touting an update to the company&#8217;s stated plans to spend and invest in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/08\/06\/tim-cook-trump-apple-white-house.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Cook<\/a> will join President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> for the announcement, scheduled for 4:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/08\/06\/tim-cook-trump-apple-white-house.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">App<\/a>l<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/08\/06\/tim-cook-trump-apple-white-house.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">e will raise<\/a> its previous commitment, made in February, from $500 billion to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/08\/06\/tim-cook-trump-apple-white-house.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$600 billion<\/a> over the next four years, a White House official told CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>It will also announce a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2025\/02\/apple-will-spend-more-than-500-billion-usd-in-the-us-over-the-next-four-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">manufacturing<\/a> effort called the American Manufacturing Program, the official said.<\/p>\n<p>Cook has had a mixed relationship with Trump over the past year. While Trump has praised the Apple CEO in the past, in recent months he has said he has a &#8220;problem&#8221; with the executive and has pushed for Apple to assemble its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/04\/11\/heres-how-much-a-made-in-the-usa-iphone-would-cost.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhones<\/a> in the U.S., not China or India.<\/p>\n<p>Apple faces over $1 billion in increased costs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/07\/31\/apple-aapl-q3-earnings-report-2025.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this quarter<\/a> because of Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/07\/31\/apple-aapl-q3-earnings-report-2025.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tariffs<\/a> on imports, primarily related to China. Also, Cook reminded investors during its earnings call Aug. 31 that &#8220;the vast majority&#8221; of its products would be subject to new tariffs under a Section 232 investigation, a kind of pending tariff on semiconductors that Apple says will hit the company.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We obviously try to optimize our supply chain, and ultimately we will do more in the United States,&#8221; Cook said.<\/p>\n<p>Stock Chart IconStock chart icon<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static-redesign.cnbcfm.com\/dist\/a54b41835a8b60db28c2.svg\" class=\"Collapsible-dismissButton\" alt=\"hide content\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apple YTD stock chart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California, June 9, 2025. 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