Snyder: 'Strong possibility' for Foxconn to come to Michigan
Here's the latest for Friday, July 28th: Senate rejects Republican'Skinny Repeal' of health care law; Foxconn agrees to build massive plant in Wisconsin; Amusement ride-maker tells fairs worldwide not to use Ohio accident ride; Train crash in Barcelona. A Foxconn recruitment office in Shenzhen, China is seen on Feb. 22, 2013. More: Foxconn plans '8K 5G' displays at new U.S. plant In a phone interview from Shanghai, where he was concluding a nine-day trade trip in China, Snyder said Monday night there is a "strong possibility" for Foxconn to still locate in the state after the company in recent weeks picked neighboring Wisconsin for a $10 billion display panel plant with 3,000 employees that could grow to 13,000. Snyder told The Associated Press that Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou invited him for dinner, meetings and a tour of the company's sprawling factory in Shenzhen near Hong Kong that employs some 200,000 workers. They discussed the autonomous vehicle industry and advanced manufacturing, Snyder said.
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