The New York Times reports on a terse exchange that President Obama had with the late Steve Jobs last February over why Apple couldn’t produce its products in America:
But as Steven P. Jobs of Apple spoke, President Obama interrupted with an inquiry of his own: what would it take to make iPhones in the United States?
Not long ago, Apple boasted that its products were made in America. Today, few are. Almost all of the 70 million iPhones, 30 million iPads and 59 million other products Apple sold last year were manufactured overseas.
Why can’t that work come home? Mr. Obama asked.
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Mr. Jobs’s reply was unambiguous. “Those jobs aren’t coming back,” he said, according to another dinner guest.
It’s not the first run-in between the blunt Apple cofounder and the president — Jobs’ biography reported that he told Obama that he’s “headed for a one-term presidency,” partially because of his administration’s business policies. According to Walter Isaacson’s biography of Jobs, he expressed admiration for Chinese b
via Obama sparred with Steve Jobs over outsourcing – POLITICO.com.