Before Wisconsin, there was Pennsylvania.
Was it a cautionary tale we should've heeded, or merely an indication as to how Wisconsin's biggest business partner handles itself?
In 2013, FoxConn said it would invest $30-million and hire 500 workers for a plant in central Pennsylvania. The state's governor boasted about the deal and the Brookings Institution hailed it as a sign of the strength of U.S. manufacturing.
The factory never happened.Â
The Washington Post calls it the start of a mystery created by a CDO known to promise projects all over the world that never quite pan out.
At last word, FoxConn had an office with about 50 workers in Harrisburg, PA.Â
Washington Post reporter Todd Frankel joined Wisconsin's Morning News with more. Listen to the full interview below.
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