When Foreign Companies Are Making, Not Killing, U.S. Jobs<br />Whether it’s a foreign company or not, “it’s still a job,” said Mr. Phillips, whose shaggy gray mustache hangs on his face like an upside-down U.<br />I’m making a living.”<br />Tennessee, which actively courts firms from abroad, ranks first in the nation in jobs created by foreign-owned companies, according to the State Economic<br />and Community Development Department: 136,000 workers at 931 foreign-based businesses.<br />A great investment in American manufacturing!”<br />Toyota & Mazda to build a new $1.6B plant here in the U. S.A. and create 4K new American jobs.<br />And after two Japanese carmakers announced on Friday a joint decision to build an assembly plant, he tweeted:<br />“Toyota & Mazda to build a new $1.6B plant here in the U. S.A. and create 4K new American jobs.<br />At the same time, the president has cited the jobs foreign businesses can bring, announcing at the White House recently<br />that the Taiwanese electronics supplier Foxconn would create at least 3,000 jobs with the help of hefty tax credits at a new plant planned for Wisconsin.<br />“And I don’t know exactly what the policies will be.”<br />Pushing to rewrite his predecessors’ free-trade approach, Mr. Trump has reopened the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico<br />and Canada, threatened tariffs and quotas on steel imports, moved to revise a trade agreement with South Korea and signaled his support of American businesses by declaring a “Made in America” Week.<br />Volkswagen, which made this spot its North American manufacturing headquarters, now employs more than 3,200 people at the plant it opened in 2011.
