After retailer Amazon was blasted by the White House for potentially citing the tariffs as part of the price on goods purchased by U.S. consumers, Apple is determined to avoid a similar fate.

Apple previously said in February it would spend $500 billion to expand many of its operations in the U.S., including assembling AI servers in Houston.

CEO Tim Cook on Monday, just after he announced a 90-day pause on new tariffs between the U.S. and China and sharp rollbacks on existing duties.