Apple chief executive Tim Cook and former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa P. Jackson arrive for a state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron and President Trump at the White House on April 24. (Alex Brandon/AP)President Trump huddled Wednesday with Apple chief executive Tim Cook to discuss trade as the White House forges ahead with tariffs on China and other trade policies that have provoked sharp rebukes from the iPhone giant and its tech-industry peers. As Trump explores a second round of tariffs, China has retaliated, targeting U.S. planes and cars. Cook personally urged Trump to preserve those legal protections, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, on the sidelines of the president’s “tech week” summit at the White House last summer. Trump ultimately terminated the program protecting “dreamers.”Along with trade, Apple long has engaged its Washington regulators on issues such as encryption.

Source: Washington Post April 25, 2018 16:20 UTC