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Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump took part in the groundbreaking ceremony for Foxconn's new factory complex in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, on June 28.

In Wisconsin, Foxconn's Terry Gou seeks a future beyond Apple

Taiwanese mogul wants to lead industrial AI to survive US-China tensions

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.

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