I am still hard recommending the Reply All episode on this story, linked in my previous comment on the subject: Here are some good previous threads on this story:...
I am still hard recommending the Reply All episode on this story, linked in my previous comment on the subject:
The story behind how this deal materialized is something out of a novel.
The folks at Reply All did an absolutely outstanding episode on this topic [1]. Even if you find discussion regarding factory subsidies boring, you'll still find this story gripping.
[1] https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/wbhjwd
Here are some good previous threads on this story:
Just reading through some of those articles before I read the current one and it's a surreal situation all round. It being a play to buy Trumps favour in the trade war makes the most sense to me...
Just reading through some of those articles before I read the current one and it's a surreal situation all round. It being a play to buy Trumps favour in the trade war makes the most sense to me but maybe I've not read enough yet.
I am still hard recommending the Reply All episode on this story, linked in my previous comment on the subject:
Here are some good previous threads on this story:
https://tildes.net/~news/sl2/wisconsin_denies_foxconn_tax_subsidies_after_contract_negotiations_fail
https://tildes.net/~news/k51/showdown_in_wisconn_valley_why_wont_foxconn_tell_wisconsin_what_its_building
https://tildes.net/~enviro/dwq/trump_appointees_ignored_scientists_on_pollution_requirements_at_foxconn_site_in_wisconsin
https://tildes.net/~finance/cl7/wisconsin_governor_tony_evers_wants_to_renegotiate_foxconn_deal_to_build_factories_says_company
https://tildes.net/~news/cd8/last_summer_foxconn_announced_a_barrage_of_new_projects_in_wisconsin_but_an_attempt_to_check_up_on
https://tildes.net/~news/a0f/foxconn_may_not_build_10b_wisconsin_plant_trump_touted
https://tildes.net/~news/80t/wisconsins_4_1_billion_foxconn_factory_boondoggle
Just reading through some of those articles before I read the current one and it's a surreal situation all round. It being a play to buy Trumps favour in the trade war makes the most sense to me but maybe I've not read enough yet.