Trade warFoxconn extends range of US plant as trade war divides tech market
Taiwan tech giant ready to shift iPhone production out of China if needed
Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou arrives at Kuomintang party headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan on June 11. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)
LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers
NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan -- Apple supplier Foxconn warned on June 11 of a deepening technology divide due to the bitter trade battle between Washington and Beijing, and signaled it was not only accelerating US manufacturing but ready to step up production of the iconic iPhone outside China if necessary.