President Donald Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook are expected to tour facilities in Texas where Apple products are made as soon as next week to showcase companies that keep jobs in America, according to Reuters, quoting two unnamed “people familiar with the matter.”
Apple declined to comment. A White House spokesperson told Reuters that the office has no scheduling announcements at this time.
In September, Apple said that upcoming Mac Pro will be manufactured in Austin, Texas. The new Mac Pro will include components designed, developed and manufactured by more than a dozen American companies for distribution to U.S. customers. Manufacturers and suppliers across Arizona, Maine, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Vermont, including Intersil and ON Semiconductor, are providing technology.
The U.S. manufacturing of Mac Pro is made possible following a federal product exclusion Apple is receiving for certain necessary components. The value of American-made components in the new Mac Pro is reportedly 2.5 times greater than in Apple’s previous generation Mac Pro.
