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WEEK IN REVIEW: Apple’s Chinese Suppliers Reportedly Moving Production out of the Country at a Much Faster Rate Than Forecast

by Eric Olander
Hector RETAMAL / AFP

Apple’s Chinese suppliers are reportedly moving production out of the country at a much faster rate than previously forecast, according to one of the company’s largest partners. AirPods maker GoerTek Inc. said it is shifting manufacturing to Vietnam and other Asian countries to avoid the fallout from escalating tensions between the U.S. and China. (BLOOMBERG)

Ghanaian Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s trip to Beijing, scheduled for last Friday, has now been postponed until the end of March. The visit was delayed due to the annual gathering of China’s National People’s Congress that begins on Friday. (CITI NEWSROOM)

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