India, April 25 -- Apple's bid to expand its production in India seems to have been marred by significant headwinds such as geopolitical tensions, quality issues, lack of technology and labour issues. However, the biggest issue seems to be Chinese attempts to stonewall Apple's India manufacturing dreams.

Sources told The Information that Chinese authorities, earlier this year, refused to allow one of Apple's Chinese equipment suppliers to export machinery to India that the big tech major needed for the trial production of the upcoming iPhone 17.

As per the report, the vendor floated a "front company" in Southeast Asia to buy the machines, which were then sent to a Foxconn factory in India.

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