Taiwan-based Foxconn plans to invest $7 billion in a U.S. manufacturing facility. Where it places its factory has as much to do with politics as business.
Foxconn said it’s evaluating potential locations and discussing options with government officials in the United States. Bringing display manufacturing to the United States may help Foxconn persuade the Trump administration not to impose import duties on the iPhone.
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