MOUNT PLEASANT, Wisconsin/TAIPEI -- As trade tensions between Washington and Beijing escalate, the chairman of Foxconn Technology Group, Terry Gou, has managed to make the assembler of iPhones seem immune from the bitter tariff war -- and he even has become a notable job creator in the U.S. despite the fact that his hardware empire faces mounting challenges at a critical stage.
The groundbreaking ceremony on June 28 for the company's $10 billion liquid crystal display factory complex in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin -- a 30-minute drive from Milwaukee and one of the biggest foreign investments in the U.S. -- was designed to highlight the move to bring manufacturing jobs back to the country.
