Make America Great Again -- More Bad News For Mexico -- Samsung To Shift Some Manufacturing From Mexico To US -- WSJ -- March 8, 2017

From The Wall Street Journal. Data points:

• planning major investment to expand its US production facilities
• at least five (5) US states in discussion (any bet that Texas is one of them)
• initial investment, about $300 million
• Samsung could shift some production of oven ranges to the US from Mexico (500 jobs)
• first ovens, later, perhaps, reefers, washers, dryers
• decision influenced by election of Trump
• nope, not Texas: the five states: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio
• one of the country's (US) largest direct foreign investors
• just before the election, Samsung said it would invest more than $1 billion in its Austin, TX, semiconductor factor to boost production of processor chips for smartphones and other devices
• meanwhile, Samsung's hometown rival LG Electronics said last week it would build a new home-appliance manufacturing factory in Tennessee, creating at least 600 jobs and investing $250 million