Foxconn deal failing to live up to expectations
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The Foxconn plant in Mount Pleasant Wisconsin, near Kenosha has been a wild ride for Wisconsin the last three years: then-Governor Scott Walker signed the deal in 2017 with the Taiwan-based manufacturing company to construct a new facility. Walker used the deal to promote his ability as a jobs creator. Though he then lost the […]
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The Foxconn plant in Mount Pleasant Wisconsin, near Kenosha has been a wild ride for Wisconsin the last three years: then-Governor Scott Walker signed the deal in 2017 with the Taiwan-based manufacturing company to construct a new facility. Walker used the deal to promote his ability as a jobs creator. Though he then lost the election to Tony Evers, a critic of the deal. The deal has been touted by President Trump – as recently as last Saturday, in Janesville.
Earlier this week a shocking investigative article was published in the Verge. Journalist Josh Dzieza started following the Foxconn story two years ago, around the same time that our next guest, Dan Kaufmann published a feature in the New Yorker on the Foxconn deal. We thought we’d check in with Dan to get his take on the company’s progress–or lack thereof over these two years.
(Photo by Connor Betts on Unsplash)
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