There Was A Successful Lobbying Campaign By Apple And Foxconn In India For Longer Working Hours‍

As many other businesses pursued a similar course, Foxconn and others fought for a larger labor reform, which resulted in new legislation that permits 12-hour shifts as well as nighttime work for women with identical policies the manufacturer has in China.

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Trade Algo reports that this labor reform will have an effect on the state of Karnataka in southern India, where Apple and Foxconn intend to produce iPhone models at a 300-acre factory.

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According to a prior source, Apple's iPhone city plant in Zhengzhou may employ up to 100,000 workers during peak iPhone production, which is less than half of what Foxconn presently employs in China.

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Yesterday, BGR published two Trade Algo articles about Apple's plans to expand to India. The first one demonstrates how the Cupertino company has designated India as its own sales zone. According to Mark Gurman, Apple would elevate Ashish Chowdhary to serve as the current leader of the nation once the company's sale vice president for India and Africa retires.

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Also, Apple suppliers want to leave China as geopolitical tension escalates, according to GoerTek's business leader, who also makes Apple's AirPods. After then, the magazine said that he had quit the manufacturer for private reasons.

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Since Apple's suppliers don't frequently share their thoughts, Trade Algo suggests that Kazuyoshi Yoshinaga is quitting GoerTek as a result of this interview. While Yoshinaga noted how major US brands are "pressuring their Chinese suppliers to investigate alternate production bases outside the country, such as India and Vietnam," it didn't directly mention Apple as making this change.

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The issue is that if Tim Cook acknowledges China would no longer be a priority, it would mean that all of the investment and ecosystem developed, which employs millions of people, will cease to exist. Also, the Chinese government can make it challenging for Apple to carry on with its current operations in the nation.

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