Trump Administration ‘Not in Favor’ of Apple Using Chinese RAM

The Wall Street Journal (gift link): To help alleviate the supply crunch, Apple is looking to Chinese manufacturers. “The Trump administration is not in favor of that,” Lutnick said in an interview after touring an Apple manufacturing facility in Houston. There have to be “other solutions to the memory issue, but it’s not great American companies using Chinese memory.” Asked if he has relayed that message to Apple, Lutnick said “plainly.” But: U.S. government rules require American companies to