[ti:Foxconn May Spend Over $10 Billion in US Expansion] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:01.84]A Taiwanese electronics company says that it may spend [00:07.49]more than $10 billion to develop factories in the United States. [00:14.24]Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn, made the announcement to reporters Thursday. [00:22.44]In January, the company said it would build a display panel factory, [00:28.80]estimated to cost as much as $7 billion. [00:34.40]Gou did not provide details Thursday about where building might take place. [00:41.40]Foxconn is the biggest contract manufacturer for smartphones. [00:47.76]It makes products for Apple, Sony, Blackberry and other companies. [00:54.60]Gou told shareholders that Foxconn will create U.S. manufacturing [01:00.70]and software development operations in artificial intelligence and automation. [01:08.44]He said that Foxconn has been in contact with the Trump administration. [01:15.00]He added that he expects to finish negotiations by the end of July or early August. [01:23.32]The first investment agreements could involve at least three U.S. states. [01:30.24]Three others could be added later, Gou said. [01:34.76]"We will provide at least tens of thousands of job opportunities," Gou said Thursday. [01:42.76]He said Foxconn hopes to work with American states such as Ohio, [01:48.88]Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Texas. [01:57.52]In January, Gou said that Pennsylvania was the top candidate for the panel factory. [02:05.52]It would be linked with the Sharp electronics company. [02:10.16]Foxconn bought the Japanese company in March 2016 for $3.5 billion. [02:18.24]Expansion into the United States would decrease Foxconn's dependence on China. [02:25.80]The company has about 1 million employees and most of its operations in that country. [02:33.68]I'm John Russell. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM