Trump’s tariff threat, China’s retaliation leave Apple stuck between a rock and a hard place

First, Apple faced President Donald Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on its products manufactured outside the US. And now, China, sensing an opportunity, is moving fast to stymie the iPhone maker’s India plans.

Foxconn, Apple’s largest supplier, has quietly _{pulled Chinese engineers and technicians} from its Indian plants. Over 300 Chinese workers have left Foxconn’s iPhone assembly facilities in India in the past two months.

Not just the workforce, Beijing is also curbing technology transfers and tightening controls on equipment exports to India and…