After the president of USA Donald Trump slapped new tariffs on the region that caused the Turkish Currency to hit an all-time low Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced that the country would ban all electronics from the United States.
The announcement that was made targeting Apple comes amid rising trade tensions between the two nations, but it will barely touch the tech giant.
“It doesn’t matter to us if they have iPhone, there is Samsung on the other side. Our nation has Vestel Venus” Erdogan said, referencing a Turkey-based smartphone manufacturer during the announcement to members of his national conservative Justice and Development Party.
Together with our people, we will stand decisively against the dollar, forex prices, inflation, and interest rates. We will protect our economic independence by being tight-knit together.”
All of us have to stand decisively against the dollar, forex prices, inflation, and interest rates. We will save our economic independence by being tight-knit together”, added Erdogan.
The problem with Erdogan’s new strategy is that it will have a much more significant effect on the Turkish people than any U.S. company. In other words, Turkey relies on Apple more than Apple relies on Turkey reports Mashable.
Only 2.08 percent of Turkish smartphone users owned a Vestel last December, while 17.41 percent owned Apple iPhones.
It is also found that more than 8.5 times more iPhone users worldwide than there are people in Turkey.
According to Mashable, the U.S. and China comprise Apple’s two biggest markets, so this would be a much bigger deal — for both Apple and America — if this electronics ban came from China. Of course, the U.S. is also feuding with over trade, so it’s not outside the realm of possibility.