White House Says It’s Tracking Apple Watch Case With Ban Looming

The Biden administration is “tracking” the impending US ban of nearly all Apple Watch sales due to a patent dispute, with power to veto the decision resting with the US Trade Representative.

The top US trade official, Katherine Tai, is “carefully considering all of the factors in this case,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday.

There is a Dec. 25 deadline for any changes to the import ban, and the White House doesn’t want to “get ahead of any decisions that may come” from the trade agency, Jean-Pierre said, adding that Tai has the authority to ...