India, May 15 -- US President Donald Trump claimed on Thursday that he has asked Apple CEO Tim Cook not to move Apple iPhone production to India and focus on increasing manufacturing in America itself.

India has emerged as one of the biggest manufacturers of Apple iPhones, with the company's assembly lines in the country churning out smartphones worth $22 billion in the 12 months through March. The US-based company produced 60 per cent more iPhones in India than the previous year.

Trump, who has been upending global markets with his tariffs, said in Qatar that he told Apple's top executivethat he doesn't want him "building in India".

"I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday," Trump was quoted as saying by news agency Bloomberg d...