Apple asks suppliers in Taiwan to label products as made in China – report

Nikkei says firm wants components bound for mainland to now comply with longstanding Beijing rule

Apple has reportedly asked Taiwan-based suppliers to label their products as being produced in China, in an effort to avoid disruption from strict Chinese customs inspections resulting from the visit of the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, to Taipei.

According to Nikkei, the company has asked manufacturers on the island to label components bound for mainland China as made in Chinese Taipei" or Taiwan, China". The labels are required in order to comply with a longstanding but previously unenforced rule that requires imported goods to suggest the island is part of the People's Republic of China.