Wisconn Valley Science and Technology Park

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The Wisconn Valley Science and Technology Park is a technology manufacturing complex located in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, US. It originated with an agreement between Foxconn and the state of Wisconsin for the company to invest $10 billion in a display panel manufacturing plant in Mount Pleasant. The initial announcement claimed that the site would employ up to 13,000 workers and that the company in return would receive $3 billion in subsidies. The factory was to start production by the end of 2020. State and local governments made substantial infrastructure improvements. The plant was heavily touted by Governor Scott Walker and Republicans in Wisconsin. President Donald Trump praised the plant at the groundbreaking ceremony. Numerous economists expressed skepticism that the benefits to Wisconsin would exceed the costs of the deal for Wisconsin's taxpayers. The amount would have been by far the largest US tax incentive deal ever given to a foreign firm. Environmentalists criticized the...

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