CEO Applu Tim Cook expressed his support for globalization and said that China should continue to open its economy to foreign companies. He also commented on issues related to user privacy. The topics Cook he said during his visit to Beijing, China this Saturday.
"I think it's important for China to continue its opening up," he said. Tim Cook at a government-sponsored Chinese development forum. Relations between China and the United States have been strained in this regard, exacerbated by the current foreign policy, in which the current US president wants to significantly boost local production. "The reality is that our countries are closed, which isolates them from each other, and that is not good for their people," he said. Cook"I think the worst thing we could do is say that globalization is bad and do nothing about it, because that really wouldn't help anyone," he said.
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Last Friday also the company Apple announced the planned establishment of two new research and development centers in China, namely in Shanghai and Suzhou. The Cupertino company thus invested more than 508 million dollars in research and development in China.
Company Apple has been singled out by Chinese media as a potential target for retaliation in the event of a trade war. Last November, The Global Times warned of the United States initiating a trade war with China, saying Beijing would retaliate against a range of companies "from Boeing to Apple".
In his hour-long speech, Tim Cook touched on a number of other topics, including the issue of user privacy. On Saturday, he mentioned that the company Apple uses end-to-end encryption to prevent “hackers and others” from accessing it. “We believe that individuals should own their data and have control over it,” he said. Cook.
Company Apple are currently facing increasing pressure to move at least some of their production to the United States. This topic specifically Cook Although he did not mention it in his speech, his comments reflect his view that China has a strong and developed manufacturing infrastructure and a suitable workforce.
Cookand in China, there were closed-door talks with Xu Lin, which were to focus primarily on internet security and regulation.
