New Vietnam trade deal means Apple will pay at least five times more in tariffs

President Donald Trump’s new trade deal with Vietnam raises dramatically hikes import costs for Apple’s hardware including AirPods, almost all iPads, and the Mac mini.

Tim Cook at a Foxconn plant in Vietnam — image credit: Apple

Following Apple’s massive global restructuring of its supply and delivery chains to mitigate against Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs, Tim Cook said in May 2025 that everything but iPhones would now be imported from Vietnam. Now according to CNBC, Trump has announced a new trade deal with Vietnam that will increase Apple’s costs on a huge proportion of its devices as compared to prior to Trump’s second term as president.

While Apple can and has moved manufacturing between firms and countries to suit demand and logistics, the list of devices believed to currently be made in Vietnam is:

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