Kleefisch Says She Talked With Foxconn 2 Years Ago

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch said Monday she first talked two years ago with officials from a Taiwanese company that builds iPhones and other electronics about considering expanding in Wisconsin.

Kleefisch told The Associated Press that she met with Foxconn officials during a trade mission in 2015 that took her and other state economic development officials to Japan and Taiwan. Foxconn said in January it is looking to make a $7 billion investment in the United States and employ as many as 50,000 people.

Kleefisch said she had a "great, general wide-ranging conversation" with Foxconn officials about what Wisconsin had to offer — including an educated workforce, access to ports and other transportation networks, manufacturing building capacity — but did not go into detail about what it may be considering for the state.