Bloomberg: “Foxconn Technology Group’s request for tax credits from Wisconsin for a factory there was rejected by the state, which said the electronics manufacturer fell far short of the promises it made three years ago for the proposed $10 billion plant. In a letter to the company Monday, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation wrote that Foxconn isn’t producing the large-sized TV display panels outlined in the original contract, hadn’t invested the pledged amount in the plant and failed to employ even the minimum number of people needed to get subsidies.”

“The decision is a blow to Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., which announced the high-profile deal in July 2017 with U.S. President Donald Trump. The leading iPhone manufacturer promised to bring 13,000 factory jobs to Wisconsin in exchange for billions in government subsidies. At a ground-breaking in June 2018, Trump touted the proposed factory as ‘the Eighth Wonder of the World.’ Under the deal, Foxconn was required to invest $3.3 billion and create 2,080 full-time jobs by the end of 2019, the state agency said. Instead, the manufacturer employed fewer than the minimum required 520 employees and invested roughly $300 million, according to the agency’s review. Foxconn’s ‘activities are smaller in scale and economic impact to the region and the State of Wisconsin’ than those projected when the plant was initially approved, the state agency said in its letter.”