Son was greatly encouraged by the economic agenda of the new administration, and he intends to invest significant resources in the U. S. in the years ahead.” A Foxconn spokeswoman said
that the company was evaluating an investment in America and that it expected a new American project would create “many direct and indirect job opportunities.” An Alibaba spokeswoman declined to comment.
Masa (SoftBank) of Japan has agreed to invest $50 billion in the U. S. toward businesses and 50,000 new jobs....
Masa said he would never do this had we (Trump) not won the election!
Then in January, Mr. Ma of Alibaba assured Mr. Trump
that small businesses selling goods on his websites in China would add a million new American jobs.
In the U. S., people still expect things to be fair.”
The Asian executives come from a region Mr. Trump accuses of using unfair trade practices
and stealing American jobs — and all three have a lot to lose.
Foxconn — a Taiwan-based company with many factories in China — assembles iPhones
and other gadgets for Apple, which Mr. Trump has said should make its products in America.
After meeting with Mr. Ma, Mr. Trump said that the Alibaba founder loved America and China and that the two of them would “do some great things
Together, the deals proposed would help to create more than a million new American jobs and tens of billions of dollars in new investments.
Son, who in a meeting late last year vowed a $50 billion investment that he said would create 50,000 jobs.
