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Apple's Tim Cook SECRETLY BRIBED CHINA w $375B to ensure he could sell iPhones

Designed in California, sold out to China https://www.mac...
Deep Sepia Area
  12/07/21
This is a 180 move on China’s part. You almost wish th...
Exciting becky
  12/07/21
lol cr. American demands of corporations are always that rac...
Tan slap-happy field
  12/07/21
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Deep Sepia Area
  12/07/21
its a bad deal because apple is part of globohomo & will...
Motley Chartreuse Business Firm Milk
  12/07/21
If the deal ensured keeping 1-2 million jobs in China, Chine...
transparent hell
  12/08/21
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Swashbuckling Yarmulke
  12/07/21
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Exhilarant fishy pit
  12/07/21
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Frisky sound barrier
  12/08/21
I wonder if the "legal" way that they accomplished...
Cerise sinister factory reset button
  12/07/21
Yeah this is what a country’s government should be doi...
Flickering crusty shitlib den
  12/07/21
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Deep Sepia Area
  12/07/21
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Exciting becky
  12/07/21
Apple: Invests hundreds of billions to train and equip Chine...
Diverse Box Office Depressive
  12/07/21
Plant doesn’t exist. They got the money then reneged
Deep Sepia Area
  12/07/21
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Frisky sound barrier
  12/08/21
He has a fiduciary duty to do this cr?
Indecent Brass Institution
  12/07/21
How do CCP officials view gay CEOs like Cook? Are they cool ...
Indecent Brass Institution
  12/07/21
they laugh at him but will happily take his money
Flatulent police squad native
  12/07/21
Do they throw him a couple of dimunitive azn brehs to get ra...
Tan slap-happy field
  12/07/21
he strikes me as a bottom. Can bottoms rape a top?
Flatulent police squad native
  12/07/21
He might be a bottom for white and black bros, but I have to...
Tan slap-happy field
  12/07/21
how is it worth that much money to sell phones in china
sable soul-stirring boistinker
  12/07/21


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Date: December 7th, 2021 12:36 PM
Author: Deep Sepia Area

Designed in California, sold out to China

https://www.macrumors.com/2021/12/07/apple-ceo-tim-cook-secret-deal-with-china/

Apple CEO Tim Cook 'Secretly' Signed $275 Billion Deal With China in 2016

Tuesday December 7, 2021 6:49 am PST by Hartley Charlton

Apple CEO Tim Cook "secretly" signed an agreement worth more than $275 billion with Chinese officials, promising that Apple would help to develop China's economy and technological capabilities, The Information reports.

In an extensive paywalled report based on interviews and purported internal Apple documents, The Information revealed that ‌Tim Cook‌ personally forged a five-year agreement with the Chinese government during a series of in-person visits to the country in 2016. The need to push for a closer alliance with the Chinese government reportedly came from a number of Apple executives who were concerned about bad publicity in China and the company's poor relationship with Chinese officials, who believed that Apple was not contributing enough to the local economy.

Alleged internal documents show that Cook "personally lobbied officials" in China over threats made against Apple Pay, iCloud, and the App Store. Cook set out to use a "memorandum of understanding" between Apple and a powerful Chinese government agency called the National Development and Reform Commission to formally agree to a number of concessions in return for regulatory exemptions. The 1,250-word agreement was written by Apple's government affairs team in China and stewarded by Cook as he met with Chinese officials.

In May 2016, Cook announced that Apple would be investing $1 billion in the Chinese ride-hailing startup Didi Chuxing in a pointed attempt to mollify authorities, the report added. Shortly after, Cook, Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams, and government affairs head Lisa Jackson met with senior government officials in Zhongnanhai, the central headquarters of the Communist Party of China.

Cook's negotiations led to the successful signing of the multibillion-dollar agreement, quashing a number of regulatory actions against the company with exemptions and enabling access to the Chinese market, in return for significant investments, business deals, and worker training in the country.

The agreement included a pledge from Apple to help Chinese manufacturers develop "the most advanced manufacturing technologies," "support the training of high-quality Chinese talents," use more components from Chinese suppliers, sign deals with Chinese software firms, collaborate with research in Chinese universities, and directly invest in Chinese tech companies, as well as assistance with around a dozen Chinese government causes. If there were no objections from either side, the deal would be automatically be extended for an additional year until May 2022, according to the agreement.

Apple vowed to invest "many billions of dollars more" than its current expenditure in China, including on new retail stores, research and development facilities, and renewable energy projects. Other internal documents reportedly showed that Apple's pledge amounted to more than $275 billion in spending over a period of five years.

The Information suggests that Apple is heavily reliant on Cook for international negotiations and speculates that it could face difficulties dealing with government affairs when Cook stands down as the company's CEO.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573280)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 12:43 PM
Author: Exciting becky

This is a 180 move on China’s part. You almost wish the US also put these kinds of conditions on companies until you remember how gay our demands would be. It wouldn’t be investment in jobs and worker training…

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573312)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 12:44 PM
Author: Tan slap-happy field

lol cr. American demands of corporations are always that racial, gender, or fag quotas are met.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573317)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 12:45 PM
Author: Deep Sepia Area



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573320)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 12:45 PM
Author: Motley Chartreuse Business Firm Milk

its a bad deal because apple is part of globohomo & will try to fuck over china at the first opportunity. they can't yet because the leadership in china is too strong. but it's like importing a homosexual jewish 5th column.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573323)



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Date: December 8th, 2021 12:06 PM
Author: transparent hell

If the deal ensured keeping 1-2 million jobs in China, Chinese leaders negotiated a successful deal.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43578315)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 12:48 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Yarmulke



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573336)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 1:33 PM
Author: Exhilarant fishy pit



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Date: December 8th, 2021 12:07 PM
Author: Frisky sound barrier



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43578318)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 12:45 PM
Author: Cerise sinister factory reset button

I wonder if the "legal" way that they accomplished was to have CCP buy up treasuries through Fed, funneling AAPL's cash piles through securitization or some nefarious means to avoid bank cash tripwires.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573318)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 12:45 PM
Author: Flickering crusty shitlib den

Yeah this is what a country’s government should be doing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573322)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 12:46 PM
Author: Deep Sepia Area



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Date: December 7th, 2021 12:47 PM
Author: Exciting becky



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573330)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 1:00 PM
Author: Diverse Box Office Depressive

Apple: Invests hundreds of billions to train and equip Chinese workers to beat American workers

Foxconn: Lies to retard Wisconsin Republicans about building a $10B plant to employ tens of thousands, takes billions in benefits and incentives in exchange for a shitty plant that employs 1,400 people.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573415)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 1:29 PM
Author: Deep Sepia Area

Plant doesn’t exist. They got the money then reneged

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573604)



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Date: December 8th, 2021 12:07 PM
Author: Frisky sound barrier



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43578319)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 12:46 PM
Author: Indecent Brass Institution

He has a fiduciary duty to do this cr?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573324)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 12:48 PM
Author: Indecent Brass Institution

How do CCP officials view gay CEOs like Cook? Are they cool with it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573338)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 1:00 PM
Author: Flatulent police squad native

they laugh at him but will happily take his money

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573420)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 1:05 PM
Author: Tan slap-happy field

Do they throw him a couple of dimunitive azn brehs to get rapey with while he's in town?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573441)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 1:08 PM
Author: Flatulent police squad native

he strikes me as a bottom. Can bottoms rape a top?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573460)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 1:09 PM
Author: Tan slap-happy field

He might be a bottom for white and black bros, but I have to assume he'd still top a lil azn breh.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573467)



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Date: December 7th, 2021 1:11 PM
Author: sable soul-stirring boistinker

how is it worth that much money to sell phones in china

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4980743&forum_id=2#43573477)