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--Apple has asked its major suppliers to evaluate the cost implications of shifting 15% to 30% of their production capacity from China to Southeast Asia, Nikkei Asian Review reported, citing unnamed people.

--Apple's request was triggered by the protracted trade tensions between Washington and Beijing, Nikkei reported.

--Apple has decided the risks of relying so heavily on manufacturing in China, as it has done for decades, are too great and even rising, Nikkei reported.

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