特朗普在白宮對一些小企業負責人表示，富士康總裁郭臺銘私下對他說這家臺灣電子制造商在美國的投資可能高達300億美元。富士康和威斯康星州政府簽約，將斥資100億美元在當地建立顯示器面板生產廠。不過特朗普并未說明其額外的資金將投向何處。

富士康發表聲明重申，威斯康星州工廠“將是該公司在美國數州建造的一系列設施中的第一座”。該公司并未提到特朗普所說的總投資額，也未對郭臺銘在會上對特朗普談及此事的說法發表評論。

富士康在聲明表示：“我們尚未宣布在其他地區的投資計劃。一旦確定這些計劃，我們將及時對外公布。”

特朗普宣布，富士康將在威斯康星州建立一座大型液晶顯示器工廠。而在此之前郭臺銘曾稱，富士康正在美國七個州中間進行選擇。有人指出，富士康考察的其他州包括密歇根、伊利諾斯、印第安納、俄亥俄、賓夕法尼亞和得克薩斯。

富士康是全球最大電子代工企業，旗下工廠遍布中國大陸。以制造iPhone等蘋果產品而聞名，除此之外它還有許多客戶，包括索尼、戴爾和黑莓。

威斯康星州的新工廠將聘用3000人，計劃2020年開業，工廠將生產用于電視和計算機的液晶顯示器。屆時富士康將更接近自己的最大市場，也將成為第一座設在亞洲以外的液晶顯示器制造廠。

威斯康星州議會正在考慮給富士康30億美元的稅務減免優惠。作為雙方協議的一部分，此項提案必須在9月底前獲得通過。

控制州議會的共和黨人對如何迅速批準此項提案持有不同意見。州參議院多數黨領袖斯科特·菲茨杰拉德說，減稅一事還有太多懸而未決問題，必須在投票前解決。一些民主黨人及其他議員則質疑減稅幅度是否過大。同時，令人擔心的是，為加快工廠建設進度，有人提出免去環保許可審批等監管程序。

作為包括州首府麥迪遜在內的威斯康星中南部代表，美國眾議院民主黨議員馬克·波坎在上周三的新聞發布會上質疑說，此舉究竟會創造多少就業機會？工人究竟能拿到多少工資？他還說，自己擔心如果特朗普未能履行提高進口稅的承諾，富士康就有可能放棄投資計劃。

波坎表示：“我們必須弄得明明白白，這對威斯康星的納稅人來說到底意味著什么。”

眾議院議長保羅·瑞安在他的威斯康星東南選區員工大會上發言時將此項協議稱為一個“轉折點”，說它“抵得上一代人的經濟發展”。瑞安指出，在富士康高層考慮是否赴美建廠時，他向后者介紹了聯邦職業培訓的好處以及免稅政策，從而讓美國獲得了競爭。

瑞安表示，威斯康星的中心位置，以及可以讓未來的工人接受必要的培訓的眾多的高校和科技學院，幫助該州贏得了這個項目。富士康打算在瑞安的選區購置房產。

瑞安說：“這對威斯康星來說真的是筆好買賣。”（財富中文網）

譯者：Charlie

審稿：夏林

Trump announced to a group of small business leaders at the White House that Foxconn CEO Terry Gou told him privately that the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer could invest as much as $30 billion in the U.S. The company signed a deal with Wisconsin to build a $10 billion display panel manufacturing plant and Trump did not specify where the additional spending would be.

Foxconn reiterated in a statement that the Wisconsin plant "will be the first of a series of facilities we will be building in several states." It did not address Trump's statement about the total investment amount or Trump's claims that Gou told it to him in confidence.

"We have not yet announced our investment plans for other sites," Foxconn said in the statement. "We will provide an update as soon as we have finalized those plans."

Gou previously said that Foxconn was considering locating in seven states before Trump announced that a massive liquid crystal display monitors plant would be going to Wisconsin. Other states that Foxconn said it was looking at were Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas.

Foxconn is the world's largest contract maker of electronics, with factories across mainland China. It's best known for making iPhones and other Apple devices but its long list of customers includes Sony, Dell, and BlackBerry.

The new plant in Wisconsin, which is scheduled to open in 2020 with 3,000 employees, will construct liquid crystal display monitors used in televisions and computers. It would bring Foxconn closer to its biggest market and be the first LCD monitor factory located outside of Asia.

The Wisconsin Legislature is considering a $3 billion incentive package that must be passed by the end of September as part of the deal with Foxconn.

Republicans who control the Legislature are split on how quickly to pass the bill, with state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald saying there are too many unanswered questions about the tax breaks that must be addressed before a vote. Some Democrats and others have questioned whether the incentives are too much, while also raising concerns about the proposed waiving of state environmental permit requirements and other regulations to speed up construction.

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, a Democratic congressman who represents a swath of south-central Wisconsin that includes Madison, questioned during a news conference Wednesday how many jobs will actually materialize and how much those workers will really be paid. He added that he's worried Foxconn might abandon its plans if Trump fails to follow through on his proposal to raise import tariffs.

"We've got to be very real about what this actually means for Wisconsin taxpayers," Pocan said.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, speaking at an employee town hall in his southeastern Wisconsin congressional district, called the deal a "game-changer" that "is a generation's worth of economic development." Ryan said he pitched federal job training benefits and tax credits that make the U.S. competitive to Foxconn officials who were deciding whether to locate here.

Ryan said he believed Wisconsin's central location, and an abundance of colleges, universities and technical colleges where future workers could receive the necessary training helped the state win the project. Foxconn is eyeing property in Ryan's district.

"It's a really good deal for Wisconsin," he said.