NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Tariff on iPhones would be a weak weapon in trade war with China

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A couple times a week, we have a brief chat at home about dumping our smarter-than-ever-before cell phones and taking a step back in time to the old land line. It’s a short-winded conversation, but the thought persists because of truly unpredictable service by our provider — though it’s typically predictably terrible — and little hardware goof-ups that occur as smartphones age. This all brings me to President Donald Trump, a guy who everybody talks about, and the trade war with China. The folks at Fast Company have done a breakdown on the cost of importing Apple’s iPhone from our trading foe of the day. If the trade war lingers, Fast Company figures that the iPhone will be slapped with tariffs. That might cause a bit of a yawn from the Chinese government. Read why.