TAIPEI -- China is increasing its scrutiny of exports by Apple and other American tech companies, hampering their efforts to expand production in Southeast Asia and India, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
Tighter export checks delay equipment shipments to Southeast Asia, India

Tech companies are looking to avoid U.S. tariffs on Chinese exports, but Beijing does not want manufacturing to slip away. (Source photos by Reuters and AP)
TAIPEI -- China is increasing its scrutiny of exports by Apple and other American tech companies, hampering their efforts to expand production in Southeast Asia and India, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.