How Tim Cook helped Apple out of Trump’s tariff storm — for now
Administration officials insist that no companies received special exemptions. Trump said he “helped Tim Cook recently.”
By Jeff Stein, Elizabeth Dwoskin and Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post
As President Donald Trump’s enormous new tariffs on China rippled through global supply chains, Apple CEO Tim Cook went to work behind the scenes.
Cook spoke to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick last week about the potential impact of the tariffs on iPhone prices, two people familiar with the phone call said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to reflect private conversations that were previously unreported. Cook spoke with other senior officials in the White House, the people said. And he refrained from publicly criticizing the president or his policies on national television, as many other executives have over the past several weeks.
