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Apple argues against more tariffs, a few songs for the dumped, and another humanitarian

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Apple as a request for the Trump administration, maybe not so much with the increased tariffs.

In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Apple introduced itself, made note of

how much money it brings into the states,

and pointed out how much tougher that would be to do if the administration goes ahead with

tariffs up to 25% duty on a fourth set of products imported from China.

Because that would cover all of Apple's big things as well as the little things that go

into making the big things. Let's cover the get to know you though.

Quoting Apple's letter, we are responsible for over 2 million jobs across all 50

states, including Apple's direct employees, employees at our manufacturing and

retail partners, and Americans who make their living in the vibrant and

growing app economy. They left out loudmouth podcast. App Economy.

They left out loud-mouth podcasters.

The company points out that when tax reform was passed in 2018, Apple announced its intention to make a total direct contribution to the

U.S. economy of over 350 billion dollars over five years. They say they're well

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