{"id":1979521,"date":"2023-07-21T13:25:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T17:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-demand-information-on-ford-partnership-with-chinese-battery-maker\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T13:25:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T17:25:49","slug":"house-republicans-demand-information-on-ford-partnership-with-chinese-battery-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-demand-information-on-ford-partnership-with-chinese-battery-maker\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans seek details on Ford&#8217;s collaboration with Chinese battery manufacturer."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-republicans-demand-information-on-ford-partnership-with-chinese-battery-maker%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1979521&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Top House Republicans Demand Information on Ford&#8217;s Partnership with CATL<\/h2>\n<p>Top\u200c House Republicans have raised\u2062 concerns over the partnership\u200c between Ford \u200cMotor Company \u200cand \u2062Chinese\u2064 battery maker CATL, \u200dciting new information about the \u200clicensing agreement. They\u2062 are particularly worried about the battery maker&#8217;s ties to \u200bforced labor.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u200d letter to Ford, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), the chairman of the House\u200c Select Committee on\u2064 the Chinese Communist Party, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman \u2063Jason Smith (R-MO) demanded more information about \u200dthe partnership. This \u2064includes details\u200d about \u200bthe $3.5 \u2064billion factory in\u200c Michigan, which has faced criticism.<\/p>\n<h3>New Evidence Raises Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>The lawmakers highlighted new evidence suggesting that CATL \u200chad\u200d not \u2063publicly \u2064divested\u200b its share of \u2064the Xinjiang\u200b Zhicun Lithium Industry Company,\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-loeffler-fires-back-after-ossoff-accuses-her-of-campaigning-with-kkk-member\/\" title=\"Sen. Loeffler Fires Back After Ossoff Accuses Her of Campaigning with KKK Member\">company linked<\/a> \u200dto forced labor, before\u200c entering into the deal with Ford. The \u200dpartnership was announced\u2063 in March.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The circumstances of the sale \u200braise &#8220;serious questions about whether CATL is attempting to obscure links\u2063 to forced\u200b labor,&#8221; the lawmakers stated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u200b lawmakers also \u2064issued a warning \u200dto Ford. They \u200dcautioned that if the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizer-announces-study-of-oral-covid-19-drug\/\" title=\"Pfizer Announces Study Of Oral COVID-19 Drug\">company continues<\/a> to rely on China for its inputs to\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-demand-information-on-ford-partnership-with-chinese-battery-maker\/\" title=\"House Republicans seek details on Ford's collaboration with Chinese battery manufacturer.\">produce electric\u200c vehicle batteries<\/a>, it will be exposing itself and U.S. taxpayers to the whims of the Chinese \u200dCommunist Party and\u2064 its politics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to\u200d read more \u200bfrom The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top House Republicans, led by Rep. Mike Gallagher, have raised concerns over the partnership between Ford Motor Company and Chinese battery maker CATL. They demanded information regarding the licensing agreement, citing worries about CATL&#8217;s alleged ties to forced labor. 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