India, May 23 -- US President Donald Trump on Friday said that Apple will have to pay a 25 per cent tariff if phones sold in the country are not made within the country.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that he informed Apple CEO Tim Cook that iPhones sold in America are to be built within the country and not in India or any other country.

"I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhones that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else," Trump wrote in the post.

"If that is not the case, a tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the US," he added.

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