Reuters reports Foxconn’s Terry Gou is positioning as peacemaker between U.S., China and Taiwan

TAIPEI (Reuters) – The chairman of Apple supplier Foxconn said on Monday he wanted Beijing to recognize the existence of Taiwan, as he outlined his plans to be the peacemaker between China, the United States and the self-ruled island Beijing sees as its own.

Billionaire Terry Gou, who said last month he would run for president of Taiwan in 2020, met U.S. President Donald Trump last week to discuss the status of the Taiwan company’s planned investment in Wisconsin.

“I told Trump specifically that I’m here to be a peacemaker,” Gou told a news conference in the capital, Taipei, adding that he had met Trump in an effort to improve his private relationship and not as a campaigner.

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