Why Apple can make iPhones only in China, and what Canada can learn from that

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Open this photo in gallery: Canadian-born journalist Patrick McGee reveals the 'Chinafication' of high-tech manufacturing in his new book, Apple in China.STR/AFP/Getty Images John Turley-Ewart is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail, a regulatory compliance consultant and a Canadian banking historian. Why can’t Apple AAPL-Q make iPhones in the United States, or Canada for that matter? It’s a relevant question following the recent demand from U.S. President Donald Trump that Apple iPhones sold in the U.S. be made in U.S., or face a 25-per-cent tariff. The answer, that Apple can only produce its iPhones in China, and why,...