Apple has announced plans to spend and invest more than $500 billion in the United States over the next four years, a commitment that came days after President Trump said the company was going to 'build here because they don't want to pay tariffs.

Apple’s announcement that it plans to build a 250,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Houston is the latest major corporation to establish a footprint in the region. The California-based tech company and producer of iPhone and Mac computers said in the statement the move is part of a four-year $500 billion investment in the U.