Report: Apple to shift assembly of Mac Pro from US to China

FILE - In this June 3, 2019, file photo a monitor of the Mac Pro is shown in the display room at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif. On Friday, June 28, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple will manufacture its new Mac Pro computer in China, shifting away from a U.S. assembly line it had been using for that product in recent years. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple will manufacture its new Mac Pro computer in China, shifting away from a US assembly line it had been using for that product in recent years, according to a report published June 28. 

The company intends to assemble the new Mac Pro in a factory near Shanghai, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited unidentified people familiar with the plan.