Apple’s US iPhones can all be made outside of China if needed

Apple Inc. iPhone smartphones sit on display at the Apple Carnegie Library flagship store in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, May 9, 2019. This is Apple's most extensive historic restoration project to date, restoring and revitalizing the Beaux-Arts style building once home to Washington, D.C.'s Central Public Library. Photographer: Melissa Lyttle/Bloomberg

Apple Inc has a backup plan if the US-China trade war gets out of hand.

The Cupertino, California-based company’s primary manufacturing partner has enough capacity to make all iPhones bound for the US outside of China if necessary, according to a senior executive at Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. The Taiwanese contract manufacturer now makes most of the smartphones in the Chinese mainland.