Apple-Supplier Foxconn To Announce New Factory in Wisconsin in Much-needed Win For Trump and Scott Walker (washingtonpost.com)

An anonymous reader shares a Washington Post report: Foxconn, one of the world's largest electronics manufacturers, will unveil plans Wednesday evening to build a new factory in southeastern Wisconsin (alternative source), delivering a much-needed win for President Trump and Gov. Scott Walker, according to four officials with knowledge of the announcement. The facility will make flat-screen displays and will be located in Southeast Wisconsin within House Speaker Paul Ryan's congressional district. It is not clear how many jobs would be created. Shortly after Trump was elected, Foxconn's chairman Terry Gou said his company would invest at least $7 billion in the United States and create between 30,000 and 50,000 jobs. If it follows through with that commitment, Foxconn would become a major employer on par with Chrysler. In April, Gou spent more than two hours at the White House.

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Re:sniff, sniff

[halivar]

Of course. Why would you not prefer 5 percent of something over 30 percent of nothing? Michigan needs this, and not even just for the jobs.

$7 billion factory...

[Jason1729]

And in more hushed news, Apple gets a $14 billion tax break to repatriate $50 billion from their offshore stash.

And in even later and more hushed news, Trumps companies get the contracts to build the $7 billion factory.

Who gets the credit?

[Anonymous Coward]

Is this the Foxconn plant in Wisconsin that's been on the drawing board since 2010?

Re:Workers of the World

[burtosis]

Unless they fly in there own laborers, having to deal with American labor is going to be hilarious to them.

"You want 8 hour work days AND 15 minute breaks? We're out"

I'd fire any robot that demanded such nonsense also. The only way this is going to be cost effective is if the vast majority of jobs aren't coming back and a handful of engineers and robot techs do the work of tens of thousands of assembly workers.

Re:His he still a liar?

[Holi]

I'll believe Foxconn is building a plant when Foxconn builds a plant. Otherwise it would not be the first time Foxconn makes an announcement like this and then when the focus is gone they forget the whole thing.