How Apple Redefined ‘Made In China’

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🗓️ 10 May 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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As Apple prepares for a leadership shakeup and President Trump heads into high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, journalist Patrick McGee joins the show to explain how Apple’s international expansion enabled China’s technological rise. In this episode, McGee breaks down how Apple helped transform China into a global tech powerhouse—and a fierce competitor on the world stage. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.- - -Ep. 2779- - -Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3- - -Today's Sponsors:Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text 'WIRE' to 83848 to learn more.Pocket Hose - Text MORNING to 64000 for your 2 free gifts with the purchase of any Pocket Hose Ballistic hose. By Texting 64000, you agree to receive recurring automated marketing messages from Pocket Hose. Message frequency varies and data rates may apply. Text STOP at any time to opt out. Text HELP for additional Information. No purchase required. Terms apply, available at https://PocketHose.com/terms- - -Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacymorning wire,morning wire podcast,the morning wire podcast,Georgia Howe,John Bickley,daily wire podcast,podcast,news podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:24.1	Expedia, made to travel. Savings vary and subject to availability. Light inclusive packages
0:28.9	are at all protected. As President Trump prepares to meet with Xi Jinping this week, technology and trade will be top of mind.
0:40.2	American tech giant Apple supercharged the Chinese tech sector over the past two decades,
0:45.2	but with a new CEO taking over, it's unclear if the dynamic will continue.
0:49.7	In this episode, we speak with journalist Patrick McGee of the Free Press, who has spent years digging
0:55.0	into the complicated relationship between Apple and China and its effect on the world.
0:59.7	I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley, and this is a weekend episode
1:04.8	of Morning Wire.
1:07.8	The state of Colorado is at it again, trying to silence free speech.
1:11.2	A law in Colorado forces businesses to use customers' preferred pronouns, even if they're
1:15.2	biologically inaccurate, and even if using those incorrect pronouns would violate a person's
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