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<br />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.<br />Masa (SoftBank) of Japan has agreed to invest $50 billion in the U. S. toward businesses and 50,000 new jobs....<br />Masa said he would never do this had we (Trump) not won the election!<br />Then in January, Mr. Ma of Alibaba assured Mr. Trump<br />that small businesses selling goods on his websites in China would add a million new American jobs.<br />In the U. S., people still expect things to be fair.”<br />The Asian executives come from a region Mr. Trump accuses of using unfair trade practices<br />and stealing American jobs — and all three have a lot to lose.<br />Foxconn — a Taiwan-based company with many factories in China — assembles iPhones<br />and other gadgets for Apple, which Mr. Trump has said should make its products in America.<br />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<br />Together, the deals proposed would help to create more than a million new American jobs and tens of billions of dollars in new investments.<br />Son, who in a meeting late last year vowed a $50 billion investment that he said would create 50,000 jobs.
