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Apple Inc. said proposed U.S. tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods would affect several of its products including the Apple Watch, hurting American consumers and putting the company at a competitive disadvantage.
The tech giant told the Trump administration the tariffs hit “a wide range of Apple products,” including the watch, its AirPods wireless headphones and its Mac mini computer.
The proposed tariffs of up to 25% on specific products imported from China to the U.S. will disproportionately hurt Apple AAPL, -0.81% and U.S. consumers, the company said in a filing with the U.S. Trade Representative.
“Tariffs increase the cost of our U.S. operations, divert our resources and disadvantage Apple compared to foreign competitors,” Apple wrote in its filing. “More broadly, tariffs will lead to higher U.S. consumer prices, lower overall U.S. economic growth, and other unintended economic consequences.”
Apple declined to comment beyond its filed statement.
An expanded version of this report appears at WSJ.com.
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