Apple will continue manufacturing its Mac
Pro computers in Texas after the Trump
administration approved its request to waive
tariffs on certain parts from China.
The commitment announced this week clears
up several months of uncertainty as Apple
mulled shifting production of the Mac Pro
from an Austin, Texas, plant where it has been
assembling the high-end computer since 2013.
In late June, The Wall Street Journal reported
Apple was on the verge of shifting the Mac Pro’s
assembly line to a factory near Shanghai.
But Apple apparently had a change of heart
after the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
agreed to waive tariffs on the Mac Pro parts
made in China. Those tariffs could have made
the $6,000 Mac Pro even more expensive.
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