Trump Targets Samsung, Apple Phones With 25% Tariff Threat (1)

President Donald Trump said that the tariffs he threatened against Apple Inc. earlier Friday would also be aimed at a wider range of device makers, including Samsung Electronics Co., to spur them into moving manufacturing of their products to the US.

“It would be more,” Trump said when asked at the White House whether his tariff threat would only apply to Apple. “It would be also Samsung and anybody that makes that product, otherwise it wouldn’t be fair.” Trump indicated that the import levies would be “appropriately done” and ready for implementation by the end of June but provided ...