'Little, little screws' one of many hurdles to US-made iPhones
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump's bid to bring manufacturing of Apple's iPhone to the United States faces many legal and economic challenges, experts said on Friday, the least of which are the insertion of "little screws" that would need to be automated. Trump threatened on Friday to impose a 25% tariff on Apple for any iPhones sold, but not made, in the U.S., as part of his administration's goal of re-shoring jobs. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told CBS last month that the work of "millions and millions of human beings screwing in little, little screws to make iPhones" would come to the U.S. and be automated, creating jobs for skilled trade workers such as mechanics and electricians.