Microsoft denies plans to move manufacturing capacity out of China

Microsoft has denied reports that they are moving manufacturing out of China. Earlier reports from Nikkei said that Microsoft, Dell, HP, Amazon and other technology companies are exploring or have begun to move their supply chains to Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries to cope with the rising costs caused by the Sino-US trade dispute and the country's growing labor force.

Recently, Microsoft clarified to the media that the company will not move manufacturing capacity out of China and currently has no plans to do so. This is inconsistent with the Nikkei report, which specifically mentioned that Microsoft hopes to move some Xbox manufacturing capacity from China to Thailand and Indonesia, two countries that have previously set up factories to manufacture Surface devices. Nikkei

reported that Acer and Asus have confirmed that they will move some production capacity out of China. Last week, HP said they would not comment on rumors, but did "feel the industry's concerns that the increase in the cost of electronic products brought about by tariffs will hurt consumers." The

Sino-US trade negotiations have been announced to restart at the end of June, and the plan to impose a 25% tariff on goods worth more than $300 billion has been suspended. The original tax plan included laptops, tablets, headphones, solid-state drives, keyboards and other products, which will have a far-reaching impact on the manufacturing capacity of American technology companies in China.