Apple takes its fight with Micron to Trump: Why siding with Apple may help US iPhone buyers

Apple is lobbying the Trump administration to let it buy memory chips from China's CXMT and YMTC for products sold outside the US, arguing it would ease a shortage that has already pushed up device prices. Micron is fighting back, warning it could gut American chipmaking. The Wall Street Journal reports Trump must now choose between cheaper gadgets and domestic semiconductor production.