Move out Apple's China plants to Taiwan, says Foxconn's Terry Gou

The Taiwanese firms that assemble most of the world's electronics are now expanding or exploring plants in Southeast Asia

The billionaire founder of Apple’s largest supplier asked the US company to move part of its sprawling production chain from China to neighboring Taiwan.

“I am urging Apple to move to Taiwan,” said Gou, the largest shareholder in Hon Hai Precision Industry, answering a question about whether Apple will shift production away from China. “I think it is very possible,” he said without elaborating.

The Trump administration’s threat to levy tariffs on some $300 billion of Chinese-made goods — including phones and laptops — has inflamed speculation that Apple will divert some capacity away from the world’s second