Gov. Rick Sndyer

Gov. Rick Sndyer
The motive is to bring more jobs to Michigan.
Gov. Rick Snyder and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan plan to fly to Japan this weekend, possibly to meet with representatives of Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group, which assembles Apple iPhones in China and is theworld's largest contract electronics manufacturer, reports Dan Howes of The Detroit News:
At stake for Michigan is a $4.2 billion plant that would initially employ 5,200, according to a two-page document quietly circulating among Republican lawmakers and administration officials at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference. It would build liquid-crystal display screens for automotive, avionic and defense industries, among others.