Tim Cook is scheduled to satisfy on Friday with Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago, marking the primary time that Apple’s chief govt has met with the president-elect since voters elected him to a second time period final month.
Mr. Cook and Mr. Trump are scheduled to dine on the patio at Mar-a-Lago in a while Friday, in line with two individuals with data of the upcoming assembly. The two males had a heat relationship throughout Mr. Trump’s first time period — a lot hotter than Mr. Trump’s with different tech executives, like Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg or Google’s Sundar Pichai, each of whom lately had their very own meals with Mr. Trump.
An Apple spokesman declined to remark. A spokesman for Trump didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The assembly presents an opportunity for Mr. Cook to hunt Mr. Trump’s help on a number of points that would problem Apple’s enterprise within the coming years, together with stress on the App Store from European regulators and the potential that new tariffs may put the corporate’s iPhone enterprise in danger.
Mr. Trump has been receptive to these appeals up to now. During a podcast interview in October, Mr. Trump mentioned he listened sympathetically as Mr. Cook complained to him on a name final month about European regulators who’ve fined Apple $2 billion for utilizing the App Store to thwart competitors.
“I’m not going to allow them to make the most of our corporations,” Mr. Trump recalled telling Mr. Cook. “That received’t be occurring.”
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