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Tim Cook pamsonkhano ndi Spika wa Nyumba John Boehner mu 2012.

Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Apple Tim Cook ali ndi njira yosiyana ndi madera ambiri kuposa omwe adatsogolera Steve Jobs, ndi Washington, DC, kunyumba kwa boma la US ndi mabungwe ofunikira ndale, sizosiyana. Pansi pa utsogoleri wa Cook, Apple idakulitsa kwambiri kukopa anthu.

Cook adayendera likulu la United States, komwe kampani yaku California sinawonekere nthawi ya Steve Jobs, mu Disembala ndipo adakumana, mwachitsanzo, Senator Orrin Hatch, yemwe akutenga Komiti Yachuma ya Senate chaka chino. Cook anali ndi misonkhano ingapo yomwe idakonzedwa ku DC ndipo sanaphonye Apple Store ku Georgetown.

Kukhalapo kwa Tim Cook ku Capitol sizosadabwitsa poganizira kuti Apple ikukula mosalekeza m'malo ena osangalatsa, zomwe zimabweretsa chidwi chowonjezeka cha opanga malamulo aku America. Chitsanzo ndi Apple Watch, yomwe Apple idzasonkhanitsa deta pamayendedwe a ogwiritsa ntchito.

M'gawo lapitali, Apple idakopa White House, Congress ndi madipatimenti ndi mabungwe ena 13, kuchokera ku Food and Drug Administration kupita ku Federal Trade Commission. Poyerekeza, mu 2009 motsogozedwa ndi Steve Jobs, Apple idangokhala ku Congress ndi maofesi ena asanu ndi limodzi.

Ntchito zokopa za Apple zikukwera

"Aphunzira zomwe ena adaphunzira patsogolo pawo - kuti Washington ikhoza kukhudza kwambiri bizinesi yawo," atero a Larry Noble a Campaign Legal Center, osachita phindu pazandale. Tim Cook akuyesera kukhala omasuka ndi akuluakulu aboma ndikuchepetsa udindo wake panthawi ya Apple.

Ngakhale ndalama za Apple pokopa anthu zimakhalabe zochepa poyerekeza ndi makampani ena aukadaulo, ndizowirikiza kawiri poyerekeza ndi zomwe zidachitika zaka zisanu zapitazo. Mu 2013, inali mbiri ya madola 3,4 miliyoni, ndipo chaka chatha sichiyenera kukhala chochepa.

"Sitinakhalepo otanganidwa kwambiri mumzinda," a Tim Cook adatero chaka ndi theka chapitacho kwa aphungu omwe ankafunsa mafunso pa nkhani ya msonkho wa msonkho. Kuyambira pamenepo, abwana a Apple adapeza zinthu zingapo zofunika zomwe zingamuthandize ku Washington.

Wakhala akulimbana ndi zovuta zachilengedwe kuyambira 2013 Lisa Jackson, mtsogoleri wakale wa Environmental Protection Agency, yemwenso adayamba kulankhula poyera pamutuwu. "Tikumvetsetsa kuti tiyenera kukambirana za izi," adatero pamsonkhano wa Commonwealth Club ku San Francisco.

Amber Cottle, yemwe anali mkulu wa Komiti ya Senate Finance, yemwe amadziwa Washington bwino ndipo tsopano akuyang'anira mwachindunji ofesi yokopa anthu ku Apple, adabweranso ku Apple chaka chatha.

Ndi zochitika zochulukira, Apple ingafune kupeŵa mikangano ndi oimira apamwamba kwambiri aku America ndi olamulira mtsogolo, monga nkhani yayikulu yokweza mtengo wa e-mabuku kapena kufunikira lipira zogulira makolo, zomwe zinapangidwa mosadziwa ndi ana awo mu App Store.

Apple ikugwiranso ntchito kale ndi Food and Drug Administration, yomwe imakambirana ndi zina mwazinthu zatsopano, monga mapulogalamu a zaumoyo m'manja, ndipo inawonetsa pulogalamu yatsopano ya Apple Watch ndi Health ku Federal Trade Commission kugwa. Mwachidule, kampani yaku California ikuyesera kuchitapo kanthu kuti ipewe zovuta zomwe zingachitike.

Chitsime: Bloomberg
Photo: Flickr / Wokamba nkhani John Boehner
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