Foxconn's Gou prepares to explain himself at Trump's Christmas party

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Foxconn founder Terry Gou speaks to reporters at Taipei Songshan Airport before leaving for the U.S. © Reuters

LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Foxconn founder Terry Gou is on his way to the White House Christmas party, where hopes to explain to Donald Trump why progress on his company's $10 billion display panel plant in Wisconsin has been "a bit slow."

The Taiwanese tech company's plant is the most high-profile foreign investment in the U.S. since Trump took office in 2016, and Gou has been keen to keep the project on track even during his own foray into politics.

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