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Foxconn may invest $7 billion in new US plant

Foxconn's US display-making facility can create tens of thousands of US jobs during President Donald Trump's first year in office

Foxconn Technology Group boss Terry Gou. The company is considering the US investment with Sharp Corp., the Japanese display supplier it bought last year. Photo: ReutersPremium
Foxconn Technology Group boss Terry Gou. The company is considering the US investment with Sharp Corp., the Japanese display supplier it bought last year. Photo: Reuters

Beijng/Hong Kong: Foxconn Technology Group is considering building a US display-making facility for upwards of $7 billion, a major investment for Apple Inc.’s main manufacturer that may create tens of thousands of American jobs during President Donald Trump’s first year in office.

The company is considering a joint investment with Sharp Corp., the Japanese display supplier it bought last year, but details have yet to be hammered out, Reuters cited chairman Terry Gou as telling reporters in Taipei on the sidelines of a company event. Foxconn confirmed the report on Monday.

An investment by Foxconn, whose main listed unit is Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., would mark a victory for Trump, who’s repeatedly blasted China for stealing American jobs and devastating US manufacturing. But Foxconn is one of the single largest private employers in China and the government there has conveyed its concern over the possibility that it will shift investment away from the country.

China is pivotal to Foxconn’s massive electronics assembly operation, which cranks out more iPhones and iPads than any other in the world. Foxconn has said it’s in preliminary talks to broaden its investment in the US, without elaborating. Trump has often articulated his vision of bringing manufacturing jobs back to America from China, which became the world’s factory floor thanks to cheap labour and central policy support. And he’s singled out Apple in the past.

A potential strategic shift by Foxconn unnerves Chinese authorities because the company employs roughly a million workers across the country. Major factory job cuts have been known to trigger protests in the past, even as maintaining social stability remains among the top priorities of the ruling Communist Party.

For now, Foxconn’s prospective US plans remain preliminary. Bloomberg

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Published: 24 Jan 2017, 12:36 AM IST
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